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Ruffner Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106205
MRDS ID W031552
Record type Site
Current site name Ruffner Mine
Related records 10160693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.69721, 33.56265 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position N OF IRONDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irondale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017S 002W 12;13 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION-NO. 1 MINE-SE SLOPE OF RED MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO. 1 MINE - 33% FE
Result 27% SIO2
Result 4.6% AL2O3
Result 12% CAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Red Mountain
    Rock description Red Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.69721, 33.56265
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 3000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Birmingham Red Ore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sloss-Sheffield Steel And Iron Co. (Now Jim Walters Resources)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., AND BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 400, P58-59.

  • Deposit

    CRANE, W.R., 1926, RED IRON ORE AND FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONES OF THE CLINTON FORMATION IN THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES TECH. PAPER 377, 28 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRONDALE AND BIG SEAM
Deposit SURFACE SUBSIDANCE PROBLEM ON S.E. SLOPE OF RED MOUNTAIN. SEAMS EXTEND DOWN DIP UNDER SHADES VALLEY. MINING POSSIBLE. JIM WALTERS RESOURCES RETAINED MINERAL RIGHTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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