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Central Rock Run Area

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Aluminum, Water, Free
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136316
MAS/MILS ID 0010190005
Record type Site
Current site name Central Rock Run Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -85.45075, 34.04484 (WGS84)
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

Indian Mountain(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 011 S 011 E 26 SE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -85.45075, 34.04484
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 50M
    Length 200M
    Width 66M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 790202

Comments on the geologic information

  • TYPE OF ORE BODY: SEDIMENTARY-MINERALS DEPOSITED BY CHEMICAL OR MECHANICAL CONCENTRATION IN SEDIMENTS. MODE OF ORIGIN: RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION-CONCENTRATION OF A VALUABLE MINERAL BY SOLUTION AND REMOVAL OF OTHER MATERIAL. SHAPE OF ORE BODY: MASSIVE-LARGE ORE BODY DEVELOPED IN THREE DIMENSIONS WITH VARIABLE SHAPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1/BAUXITE KAOLIN AND LOW GRADE BAUXITE OR BAUXITIC CLAY ARE MINED. ALL ORE IN THE STATE IS NOW USED IN REFRAC- TORY PRODUCTS AND IN THE MANUFACTURING OF CHEMICALS. PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW WAS TO CORRECT TRANSLATION ERRORS, NOT TO UPDATE INFORMATION. REVIEWED BY EFOC, DEC., 1978. ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEPOSIT PROVIDED BY THE ALABAMA GEOLOGIC SURVEY. MATRIX 1/DRY TONS AND GRADES ON ORIGINAL CHANGED TO WET TONS AND GRADES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .83
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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