Southwest Tallaseehatchee Area

Prospect in Talladega county in Alabama, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112126
MAS/MILS ID 0011210003
Record type Site
Current site name Southwest Tallaseehatchee Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.21137, 33.21326 (WGS84)
Elevation 234
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Talladega(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylacauga East(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)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Talladega

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 021 S 004 E 10 C SE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.21137, 33.21326

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N26E
    Dip 12S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 1222M
    Width 305M
    Area 42HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N26E:12S
    Minimum Depth to Top 2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 42
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1858

Mining district

District name Tallaseehatchee

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Emauhee Mine
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 37HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .4
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 0
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 210
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALDWIN, B., 1944, GRAY IRON ORES OF TALLASEEHATCHEE DISTRIC

  • Deposit

    TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA/ COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MASTER'S THES

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    ECKEL, E. C., 1908, GRAY HEMATITES OF EASTERN ALABAMA/ ALABA

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    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E. C., 1907, REPORT TO THE ALABAMA ORE AND IRON COMPA

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    GRAY HEMATITE PROPERTIES IN TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA/ ALABA

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    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, 23 P.

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E. C., 1907, REPORT TO GRAY ORE IRON COMPANY ON ITS I

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    PROPERTY IN TALLADEGA, ALABAMA/ ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OP

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    REPORT, 22 P.

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    GRASTY, J. S., 1916, THE IRON-MAKING POTENTIALITIES OF EASTE

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    ALABAMA WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO CAMBRIAN GRAY AND RED HEM

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    MANUFACTURER'S RECORD, VOLUME 70, P. 43-45.

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    GRASTY, J. J., 1910, THE HEMATITES OF ALABAMA, WITH SPECIAL

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    REFERENCE TO THOSE OF CAMBRIAN AGE/ MANUFACTURER'S RECORD, V

  • Deposit

    58, NO. 21, P. 69-72.

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    GRASTY, J. J., 1908, CAMBRIAN GRAY AND RED HEMATITES OF EAST

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    ALABAMA/ MANUFACTURER'S RECORD, VOLUME 54, NO. 10, P. 49-51.

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    GRASTY, J. J., 1906, THE GRAY ORES OR SILICEOUS HEMATITES OF

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    ALABAMA/ MANUFACTURER'S RECORD, VOLUME 49, P. 550-553.

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    IVERSON, H. G., 1949, FLOTATION OF GRAY IRON ORES FROM THE

  • Deposit

    TALLADEGA AREA, ALABAMA/ U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF

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    INVESTIGATIONS 4570, 18 P.

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    LEE, O., ET. AL., 1927, MAGNETIC CONCENTRATION OF IRON ORES

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    ALABAMA/ U. S. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 278, 75 P.

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    MAYNARD, T. P., 1937, ALABAMA ORE AND IRON COMPANY/ ALABAMA

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    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, 12 P.

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    PORTER, J. J., 1924, REPORT ON TEST OF ORE FROM THE PROPERTY

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    ALABAMA ORE AND IRON COMPANY/ ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN

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    REPORT, 17 P.

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    PORTER, J. J., 1909, A REPORT OF A BLAST FURNACE TEST OF HEA

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    MOUNTAIN, TALLADEGA COUNTY, GRAY ORE/ ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SUR

  • Deposit

    OPEN FILE REPORT, 15 P.

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    PORTER, J. J., 1909, THE GRAY IRON ORES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY,

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    ALABAMA/ MANUFACTURER'S RECORD, VOLUME 56, NO. 10, P. 45-46.

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    REED, D. F., 1949, INVESTIGATIONS OF TALLADEGA GRAY IRON ORE

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    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4426, 29 P.

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    SMITH, P. S., 1907, THE GRAY IRON ORES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY,

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    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 315, P. 161-184.

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    UNITED NATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, 1

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    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, P. 411-459.

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    WITHERSPOON, J. H., 1925, HYDRAULIC CLASSIFICATION JIGGING A

  • Deposit

    TABLING OF GRAY SPECULAR HEMATITE ORE/ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

  • Deposit

    MASTER'S THESIS, 81 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. GO-144133 ENTERED 1975/ REVISIONS BY T Q LYDAY RECORD 050, COLUMNS 18-21/ YEAR OF DISCOVERY IS UNKNOWN. YEA CITED IN LITERATURE IS GIVEN. MATRIX RECORD 1/ COMMODITIES 2, 4 & 5 ARE DELETERIOUS. ORE G FOR COMMODITIES 2 - 6 ARE UNAVAILABLE. A 1909 ORE ANALYSIS O FROM P. 13, REFERENCE 735-736, REPORTS 0.24% P, 0.05% MN, 19 SIO2, 4.84% AL203, 1.34% CAO. THE SAME REFERENCE, P. 14, REP 98% OF THE FE CAN BE RECOVERED IN A CONCENTRATE AVERAGING 55 WITH A RATIO OF CONCENTRATION OF ABOUT 1.7 TO 1 BY ROASTING MAGNETIC SEPARATION. THE FE GRADE WAS CALCULATED FROM THIS D RECORD 160, COLUMNS 25-30/ DESTINATION POINT IS BIRMINGHAM,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Alabama Geological Survey Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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