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The Sinks Mine

Prospect in Bibb county in Alabama, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097464
MRDS ID W030641
Record type Site
Current site name The Sinks Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.01944, 33.03544 (WGS84)
Elevation 88
Relative position 16 KM NE OF CENTREVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bibb(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Blocton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscaloosa(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 Bibb

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 S 1/2 SEC 25 T 24 N R 10 E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Newala Limestone
    Rock description Newala Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.01944, 33.03544
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 7M
    Length 1370M
    Width 120M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Eugene A. Smith
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Bibb County Barite

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESERVES UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS PARTLY FILLED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., AND JONES, W.B., 1940, BARITE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 45, 38 P.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, T.H., AND LYNCH, R.E. JR., 1973, BARITE IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 85, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C.C., 1978, GEOLOGY AND WALL ROCK ALTERATION STUDY OF SELECTED BIBB COUNTY BARITE DEPOSITS: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, 141 P.

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON AGS-U. OF ALABAMA

  • Deposit

    1978 GEOCHEM U. OF ALABAMA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS VEINLETS IS FRACTURED LIMESTONE AND IN LIMESTONE RESIDUUM

Reporter information

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

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