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Margerum

Unknown in Colbert 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 10233262
MRDS ID W018125
MAS/MILS ID 0010330001
Record type Site
Current site name Margerum

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.07003, 34.70572 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colbert(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corinth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Colbert

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 004 S 015 W 23 W2 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.07003, 34.70572
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 100M
    Width 80M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830316

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. MODE OF ORIGIN: SEDIMENTATION-MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION, OR SETTLING OF SOLID PARTICLES OF SOIL, COAL FORMING MATERIALS,OR MINERALS FROM LIQUIDS. SHAPE OF ORE BODY: LENTICULAR-ORE BODY THINNED OUT FROM THE CENTER TO A THIN EDGE ALL AROUND. SHAPED APPROXIMATELY LIKE A DOUBLE CONVEX LENS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Margerum

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1/DRY TONS AND GRADES ON ORIGINAL CHANGED TO WET TONS AND GRADES.
  • MATRIX 1/BAUXITE KAOLIN AND LOW GRADE BAUXITE OR BAUXITIC CLAY ARE MINED. ALL ORE MINED IN STATE IS NOW USED IN REFRACTORY PRODUCTS AND IN THE MANUFACTURING OF CHEMICALS. PURPOSE OF 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.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 12HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .83
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 600
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 5
    Unit Production Cost 12.5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 130
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERQUIST, H. R., AND OVERSTREET, E. F., 1965, U. S. GEOL. SU

  • Deposit

    LL. 1199-D, 23P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1966, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20-B P. 2

Reporter information

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

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