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National Area

Past Producer in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. 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 10112328
MRDS ID W029525
MAS/MILS ID 0010270061
Record type Site
Current site name National Area
Related records 10079560

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.87936, 33.29375 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clairmont Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 020 S 007 E 14 NENENE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Graphite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Mica Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.87936, 33.29375
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 6.1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6.1
    Date of Last Modification 830516

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEDOWEE GROUP IS DIVIDED INTO THREE LITHOLOGICAL TYPES: TYPE A = LOW TO INTERMEDIATE METAMORPHIC GRADE TYPE B = LOW TO HIGH METAMORPHIC GRADE TYPE C = HIGH METAMORPHIC GRADE; CONTAINS GRAPHITE- BEARING LENSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1865
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1916
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Alabama Tin Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Francis H. Hare, Jr.
    Interest 100
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING ESTIMATED TO BE 16 HECTARES.

Comments on the production information

  • ALTHOUGH VARIOUS PRODUCT SIZE FRACTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED, PILOT TESTS ON ORE FROM THIS DISTRICT USING PROCESSES DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT YIELDED THE FOLLOWING: SIZE (MESH) DISTRIBUTION (WT-PCT) GRADE (% GRAPHITE) +50 45 88-92 +70 20 85-88 +100 11 82-85 -100 24 80-85

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 REFLECTS WEATHERED ORE RESERVES; GRADE REPRESENTS PUBLISHED AVERAGE ORE GRADE FOR THE DISTRICT (USGS BULL. 1082-E, P. 251). MATRIX 2 COLUMN 1 REFLECTS UNWEATHERED GRAPHITE ORE. GRADE NOT REPORTED; NOT PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT. MATRIX 3 IS MAFO DERIVED TONNAGE AND GRADE USED FOR 1985 GRAPHITE SUPPLY STUDY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 5.4
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 700
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 10.93
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, E.N., AND P.L. WEISS. STRATEGIC GRAPHITE - A

  • Deposit

    SURVEY. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-E, 1960,

  • Deposit

    PP. 250-252, 260-303.

  • Deposit

    CLEMMER, J.B., R.W. SMITH, H.B. CLEMMONS, AND H.R. STACEY.

  • Deposit

    FLOTATION OF WEATHERED ALABAMA GRAPHITIC SCHISTS FOR

  • Deposit

    CRUCIBLE FLAKE. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULL. 49,

  • Deposit

    1941, 101 PP.

  • Deposit

    GISLER, H.J. ALABAMA FLAKE GRAPHITE COMPANY. DENVER

  • Deposit

    EQUIPMENT COMPANY BULL. M4-B34, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    JONES, W.B. SUMMARY REPORT ON GRAPHITE IN ALABAMA. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRC. NO. 9, 1929, 26 PP.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T.L., AND J.W. REYNOLDS. STRATIGRAPHY AND

  • Deposit

    METAMORPHISM OF THE WEDOWEE GROUP: A RECONNAISSANCE.

  • Deposit

    AM. J. SCI., V. 273, OCTOBER 1973, PP. 723-741.

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, H.D., AND J.R. THOENEN. FLAKE-GRAPHITE AND

  • Deposit

    VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, ALABAMA. BUMINES RI 4366, 1948, 81 PP.

  • Deposit

    TAGGART, A.F. HANDBOOK OF MINERAL DRESSING. JOHN WILEY &

  • Deposit

    SONS, INC., NEW YORK, 1945, PP. 3-38 TO 3-40.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM EXPLORA-

  • Deposit

    TION CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPORT 335, 1944, 34 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR OF DISCOVERY REPRESENTS THE APPROXIMATE YEAR FOR DISCOVERY OF GRAPHITE IN THE FLAKE GRAPHITE BELT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
Deposit THE ORE BODY OCCURS AS LEADS OR VEINS. THE AVERAGE DEPTH TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE ORE BODY IS 2 TO 3 METERS. DIMENSIONS OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE ARE UNAVAILABLE. THE ORE BODY STRIKES NORTH 5 DEGREES TO 25 DEGREES EAST AND DIPS FROM 43 DEGREES TO 90 DEGREES EAST. DISTRICT NAME IS ALABAMA FLAKE GRAPHITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-1993 T J M U.S. Bureau of Mines

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