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Mt Pinson Mines

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Alabama, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. 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 10100235
MRDS ID W031018
Record type Site
Current site name Mt Pinson Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.67499, 33.6682 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position BETWEEN CENTER POINT AND PINSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Locust(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 016S 002W 6 NE OF SE Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED LOCATION UNDEVELOPED WOODS - NEXT TO NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.67499, 33.6682
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR - POCKETS

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL MANGANESE OUTCROP EXPOSED ON HY 75-LAT 33-39-47-LONG 086-40-49

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Birmingham

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD PITS NOT FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1911, BIRMINGHAM QUADRANGLE, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS FOLIO 175.

  • Deposit

    KIDD, J.T., 1979, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS 15, 89 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE POTENTIAL VERY SMALL-GENERAL AREA DEVELOPED WITH HOUSING PROJECTS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

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