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Angel Mine

Past Producer in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
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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 10089716
MRDS ID W028544
Record type Site
Current site name Angel Mine
Alternate or previous names Tullis Or T. C. Moore Property
Related records 10257721

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.84579, 33.83764 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position 0.5 MI N OF ANGEL STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksonville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Calhoun

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014S 008E 06 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • SW NE SEC. 6
  • ON DRAINAGE CREST ADJACENT TO SOUTH SIDE OF RTE 1554

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.84579, 33.83764
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Folds And Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurs In Residuum Of Copper Ridge Or Chepultepec Dolomites - Derived From Viens In Dolomite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER RIDGE AND CHEPULTEPEC UNDIFFERENTIATED IN AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Angel District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moore, T. C.

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; CRYSTALS USUALLY FOUND ON SURFACE IN AREA

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINERAL POTENTIAL UNKNOWN
  • THE PROBABILITY IS VERY SMALL OF FINDING CORUNDUM IN QUANTITY IN THIS REGION

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • TYPICALLY IN AREA SOME CORUNDUM OCCURS IN VEINS AS ROUNDED MASSES, CRYSTALS AND CLUSTERS OF CRYSTALS IN THE WEATHERED ZONE WITH FELDSPAR, IN AMPHIBOLITE BODIES; USUALLY GRAYISH IN COLOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLEY, HENRY, 1897 , THE VALLEY REGIONS OF ALABAMA, PT. 2 , THE COOSA VALLEY REGION: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, SPEC. REPT. 9 , P. 715 .

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G. I., AND JONES, W. B., 1940 , BARITE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULLETIN 45 P. 35 .

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, T. H., AND LYNCH, R. E. JR., 1973 , BARITE IN ALABAMA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRC. 85 P. 37 - 38 .

  • Deposit

    1897 COMPILE AGS

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY; CRYSTALS USUALLY OCCUR AT SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Cofield, Steven E. U.S. Geological Survey

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