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Consolidated #2

Past Producer in DeKalb 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 10257901
MAS/MILS ID 0010490002
Record type Site
Current site name Consolidated #2
Alternate or previous names Burkhart

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.68496, 34.58122 (WGS84)
Elevation 306
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

DeKalb(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugout Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chickamauga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guntersville Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama DeKalb

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 006 S 009 E 10 NWSENW 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) -85.68496, 34.58122
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 40M
    Width 12M
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Date of Last Modification 820430

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

Mining district

District name Fort Payne

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Burkhart
    Year 1974

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 MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS. PURPOSE OF REVEIW WAS TO CORRECT TRANSLATION ERRORS,NOT TO UPDATE INFORMATION, REVIEWED BY EFOC, DEC., 1978. ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEPOSIT PROVIDED BY THE ALA. GEOL. SURV.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Swell Factor .83
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1969, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 85.

  • Deposit

    CLOUD, P. E., 1966, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1199-0 P. 022-0

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. B., 1940, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 47, 94 P.

Reporter information

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

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