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Black Warrior River Manganese Pros.

Occurrence in Etowah county in Alabama, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093810
MRDS ID W030648
Record type Site
Current site name Black Warrior River Manganese Pros.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.95413, 34.16541 (WGS84)
Elevation 256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keener(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(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 Etowah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 11 T 11S R 3E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Fort Payne Chert
    Rock description Fort Payne Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.95413, 34.16541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 58 E
    Dip 22 NW
    Thickness 14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR IN CHERT BEDS FORMED BY LEACHING OF FORT PAYNE CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Walnut Grove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, C.W., 1946, GEOLOGY OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS, WALNUT GROVE, ALABAMA: VIRGINIA UNIV. MASTERS THESIS, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., 1944, COBALT BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: US GEOL SURVEY BULL 940, 265-285 P.

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O M JR, 1980, MANGANESE RESOURCES IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY OPEN FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE EXPOSED BELOW OLD CHERT PIT AND ON COUNTY ROAD NORTHEAST OF LOCUST FORK BLACK WARRIOR RIVER ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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