American Mine

Past Producer in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257867
MAS/MILS ID 0010270044
Record type Site
Current site name American Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.85826, 33.29955 (WGS84)
Elevation 355
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lineville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.85826, 33.29955

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM EXPLOR-

  • Reserve-Resource

    ATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALA. WAR

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERALS REPORT 335, 1944, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    REF WAR MINERALS REPORT JULY 1944

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 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.

External references