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Leeds Brown Iron Ore Mines

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
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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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080060
MRDS ID W031017
Record type Site
Current site name Leeds Brown Iron Ore Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.52915, 33.54321 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position E OF LEEDS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leeds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahaba(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017S 001E 15;N 2 OF N2 SE Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • IN VALLEY SE OF OAK RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result 45% FE
Result 7% SIO2, 0.8% P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Tuscumbia Limestone
    Rock description Tuscumbia Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.52915, 33.54321
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Se Limb Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 18M
    Length 10000M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 2M
    Depth to bottom 18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Karst

Comments on the geologic information

  • FT PAYNE CHERT FOOTWALL - FLOYD SHALE HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Birmingham

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sloss-Sheffield

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENT OF MINING UNKNOWN BECAUSE PITS BACKFILLED OR OBSCURED BY EROSION - MINING LIMITED BECAUSE OF HIGH P

Comments on development

  • MINED IN 1890'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTLEMAN, J.W., 1899, BROWN IRON ORE MINES NEAR LEEDS, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY: ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL AND SCI. JOUR. PROC. V. 9, P. 13-10.

  • Deposit

    PORTER, J.B., 1887, THE IRON ORES AND COALS OF ALABAMA GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE:TRANSACTION AM. INST. MINING ENGINEERS V 15 P 170-217.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE DATA FROM CASTLEMAN (1899) - NOT CONFIRMED

Reporter information

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

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