Dupont

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Aluminum, Water, Free

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Mineral rights holdings
Land status
Ownership information
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10257779
MAS/MILS ID	0010190009
Record type	Site
Current site name	Dupont
Alternate or previous names	Snyder Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Trench
Geographic coordinates:	-85.62385, 34.01094 (WGS84)
Elevation	235
Location accuracy	100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellisville(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	010 E	07	S2NENW	Alabama

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary
Water, Free	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bauxite	Unknown
Dolomite	Unknown
Kaolinite	Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1)	-85.62385, 34.01094	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Thickness

40M

Length

40M

Width

40M

Area

1HA

Depth to top

Field	Value
Type of Orebody #1	SEDIMENTARY
Shape of Orebody #1	MASSIVE
Primary mode of Origin	RESIDUAL CONCENT
Primary Ore Control	FAULTING
Secondary Ore Control	FOLDING
Degree of Wallrock Alter.	NONE
Total Surface Area (HA)	1
Date of Last Modification	790207

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. 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
Discovery year	1897

Mining district

District name	Goshen Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Unknown

Owner Snyder Mine

Year 1974

Type	Unknown
Owner	Snyder Mine
Year	1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

MATRIX 1/BAUXITE KAOLIN AND LOW GRADE BAUXITE OR BAUXITIC CLAY ARE MINED. ALL ORE IN THE STATE IS NOW USED IN REFRAC- TORY 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