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North of Bluffington Deposits

Occurrence in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185025
MAS/MILS ID 0010190036
Record type Site
Current site name North of Bluffington Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.44075, 34.01734 (WGS84)
Elevation 314

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 012 S 011 E 02 SESE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hollandite Unknown
Lithiophorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.44075, 34.01734
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 800516

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W. G., COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALA., GE

  • Deposit

    AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. BULLITIN 940-J, PAGE 278

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-808 OF 1976 ENTRY REC 040 DEPOSIT 11 MILES WEST OF CEDARTOWN GA. THERE IS NOT DATA TO CALCULATE MAX. SUR AREA DISTURBED REC 050,DEPOSIT EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY PIERCE (1943) REC 080 MN-CO ORE FILLS FRACTURES IN BRECCIATED SANDSTONE. STONE IS REPLACED BY ORE IN PLACES. COBALT IS ADSORBED ON LI PHORITE AND HOLLANDITE AND IS BELIEVED TO BE DEPOSITED BY GR WATER. A COMPOSIT SAMPLE OF MN OXIDE CONTAINED. 0.56 % CO - NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD MIN ZONE DIMENSIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

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