W.C. Pope Prospect

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Cobalt, Iron, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208887
MAS/MILS ID 0010190029
Record type Site
Current site name W.C. Pope Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.47305, 34.00624 (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

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 09 SESE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.47305, 34.00624

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. C. Pope Estate
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Harshaw Chemical Co.
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • 18 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1931.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.