Round Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112031
MRDS ID W101825
MAS/MILS ID 0010190190
Record type Site
Current site name Round Mountain Mine
Related records 10084471

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.69186, 34.21093 (WGS84)
Elevation 206
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Centre(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.69186, 34.21093

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, ERNEST F & ANDREWS, THOMAS G, 1947 ALA GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    SPEC REPT 19, PP. 231-236.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.