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Sparkman 1

Past Producer in Barbour 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257364
MAS/MILS ID 0010050010
Record type Site
Current site name Sparkman 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.33215, 31.73799 (WGS84)
Elevation 130
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Barbour(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lawrenceville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Troy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Choctawhatchee(hydrologic unit)

Choctawhatchee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Barbour

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 009 N 027 E 22 SWSW 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) -85.33215, 31.73799
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 220M
    Width 100M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 820616

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: 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

Mining district

District name Eufaula

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Green Refractories Inc., A. P.
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1/BAUXITE KAOLIN AND LOW GRADE BAUXITE OR BAUXITIC CLAY ARE MINED. BAUXITE FROM THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN MINED FOR ALUMINUM BUT SINCE 1945 ALL ORE IS USED IN REFRACTORY 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 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .83
    Percent Waste Rock 15
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 15
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 240
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 20
    Unit Production Cost 8.32
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 25
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN S. A., 1949, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4521, 85 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1966, ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 61, NO. 5, P. 903

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1972, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 100, 90

  • Deposit

    NEWTON J. C., 1965, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 33.

  • Deposit

    NEWTON J. C., 1968, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 70.

  • Deposit

    TYRRELL, M. E., AND CLARKE, O. M.JR., ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY C

  • Deposit

    WARREN, W. C., AND CLARK, L. D., 1965, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BU

  • Deposit

    9-E, 31 P.

Reporter information

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

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