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Columbiana Red Ore Prospect

Occurrence in Shelby 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080420
MRDS ID W031556
Record type Site
Current site name Columbiana Red Ore Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.56498, 33.22183 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shelby(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbiana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Shelby

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 021S 001E 08 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • IN COLUMBIANA MOUNTAIN ALONG RIDGE. EXPOSED 0.5 KM SW OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CHURCH. NW OF BEESWAX CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Weisner Quartzite;Red Mountain
    Rock description Weisner Quartzite;Red Mountain

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.56498, 33.22183
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION BY BUTTS ( 1940) IN QUESTION; PROBABLY RED MOUNTAIN FM. SILURIAN AGE- LACKS PROOF OF AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1940, DESCRIPTION OF THE MONTEVALLO AND COLUMBIANA QUADRANGLES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 226.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1981, ALABAMA RED IRON ORES: ALABAMA GEOL. OPEN FILE REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULTED AREA; LIMITED EXPOSURES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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