| Deposit ID | 10097465 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030645 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wesson Manganese Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Big Grunt Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.2958, 33.20849 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 495 |
| Relative position | MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT SIX MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHILDERSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Talladega(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sylacauga West(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Talladega |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Knox Group | ||||
| Rock description | Knox Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Kahatchee Mountain Group; Wash Creek Slate |
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| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| District name | Childersburg District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | D. A Oden |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. Wesson Estate |
| Year | 1924 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 0000-1924 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^34.9% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1924 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^35% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1931 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^12% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 36.58M |
| Overall width | 40M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030645 |
CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1980, MANGANESE RESOURCES IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE
1924 DIREXPL D A ODEN
1931 DIREXPL BUSH AND COX
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EXTENT OF MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT KNOWN |
| Deposit | RESIDUUM FROM KNOX GROUP IN ADJACENT AREAS REGARDED AS FAVORABLE PROSPECT AREAS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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