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Ironaton Brown Ore Mine

Past Producer in Talladega county in Alabama, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080059
MRDS ID W031016
Record type Site
Current site name Ironaton Brown Ore Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.6444, 33.42376 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 10 KM E TALLADEGA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Talladega

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018S 006E 26,35 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • 600 M W IRONATON: PITS WEST OF ABANDONED RAILROAD TRACKS IN DENSE WOODS-NATURAL REFORRESTATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore

Analytical data

Result 47% FE
Result 13% SIO2
Result 0.6% MN
Result 5% AL2O3 0.3% P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Chepultepec Dolomite
    Rock description Chepultepec Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.6444, 33.42376
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting, Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 2000M
    Width 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Karst

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Ne Ala Brown Iron Ore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sloss-Sheffield (Now Jim Walters Resources)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Champion Paper Co Surface-Jim Walters Res Co-Mineral

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REGION FAVORABLE PROSPECT FOR BROWN IRON ORE CONTAINING MN - FARM LAND NO MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLEY, HENRY, 1897, THE VALLEY REGIONS OF ALABAMA, PART 2 THE COOSA VALLEY REGION: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. REPT. 9, 862 P.

  • Deposit

    BROWN,ANDREW, 1948, NORTH ALABAMA BROWN IRON ORES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4229, 82 P.

  • Deposit

    ARMES, ETHEL, 1910, THE STORY OF COAL AND IRON IN ALABAMA: THE CHAMBER OF COMMERSE, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 581 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JACK MORRIS - JIM WALTERS RESOURCES - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION-1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

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