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Alfretta 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080418
MRDS ID W031554
Record type Site
Current site name Alfretta Mines
Alternate or previous names Alfretta No 1. No 2 and No. 3 Mines
Related records 10111702, 10111785, 10112369, 10185270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.66666, 33.59098 (WGS84)
Relative position E. BIRMINGHAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irondale(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 016S;017S 001N 32;5 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION-NO 2 MINE-ON SE SLOPE OF RED MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathered Ore Enriched By Solution Of Lime

Analytical data

Result ORE NO 1 MINE 44% FE
Result 21% SIO2
Result 4% AL203
Result 3.6,CAO
Result .2%MN
Result .26%P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Red Mountain
    Rock description Red Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.66666, 33.59098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TOBULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip 10 TO 17 DEGREES SE
    Thickness 1.8M
    Length 2500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Birmingham Red Iron Ore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Republic Steel

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SLOPE MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F. AND BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, IRON ORES FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 400, P. 56, 57.

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE BIRMINGHAM QUADRANGLE (ALABAMA): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 175.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRONDALE SEAM
Deposit SURFACE-PROPOSED MUNICIPAL PARK ON RED MOUNTAIN. DEPOSIT EXTENDS SOUTHEAST UNDER ROEBUCK PLAZA COMMUNITY IN SHADES VALLEY. REOPENING OF MINES POSSIBLE IF SURFACE SUBSIDENCE CONTROLLED ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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