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Baker Hill Mines

Past Producer in Cherokee 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089749
MRDS ID W030753
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Hill Mines
Related records 10209289

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.41662, 33.96486 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borden Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 012S 012E 30 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE COUNTY ROAD - U.S. 278 TO TECUMSEH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.41662, 33.96486
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Blocks

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POCKETS
    Thickness 30M
    Length 350M
    Width 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Karst

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHADY OUTCROP AREA COVERED BY DEBRIS AND RESIDAUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arrington Mining Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 400M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWLES, EDGAR, 1941, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 15, 38 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR. 1981, BROWN IRON ORES OF NORTH ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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