Eufaula Bauxite District

Producer in Barbour county in Alabama, United States with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001578
MRDS ID W001471
Record type District
Current site name Eufaula Bauxite District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.27214, 31.75439 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Barbour(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baker Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Troy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Barbour

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.27214, 31.75439

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description GULFWARD REGIONAL DIP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1922
Discoverer Pete Floyd
Year of first production 1923

Mining district

District name EUFAULA BAUXITE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARREN, W.C., AND CLARK, L.D., 1965, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE EUFAULA DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1199-E, P. 31

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, S. A., 1949, BAUXITE INVESTIGATIONS EUFAULA DISTRICT BARBOUR AND HENRY COUNTIES, ALABAMA, US BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4521, P. 85

  • Deposit

    WARREN, W.C., AND CLARK, L.D., 1965, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE EUFALA DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-E, P. E1-E31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 PATTERSON, SAM H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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