W. L. Moore Prospect

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184505
MAS/MILS ID 0010190026
Record type Site
Current site name W. L. Moore Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ers Properties

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.51105, 33.94374 (WGS84)
Elevation 320

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 011 E 31 NE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.51105, 33.94374

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Webb, Braswell, And Stewart Broth
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stewart Bros And Edward Braswell
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Moore, W. L.
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W. G., COLBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA

  • Deposit

    GEORGIA, AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. BULL. 940-J, PAGE 277

  • Deposit

    CHEROKEE CO., ALA., UNPUBLISHED WAR MINERALS REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 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.