Pyriton Mines

Past Producer in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sulfur, Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001782
MRDS ID W028560
Record type District
Current site name Pyriton Mines
Related records 10136009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.83326, 33.36125 (WGS84)

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)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.83326, 33.36125

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcanism

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Year of first production 1862

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAMOUNT, W. E. AND HASTINGS, E. L., 1964 , RESOURCE AND BENEFICATION STUDIES OF COPPER - BEARING PYRITE ORES, PYRITON, CLAY COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 27 , 26 P.

  • Deposit

    TULL, J. F. AND OTHERS, 1978, THE HILLABEE GREENSTONE: STRATIGRAPHY, GEOCHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE, MINERALIZATION AND THEORIES OF ORIGIN: MRI RESEARCH REPT. SERIES 1978, UNIV. OF ALABAMA, 100 P.

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, H.D. AND THOENEN, J.R., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF COPPER-BEARING PYRITE ORES PYRITON, CLAY COUNTY, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4494, 15 P.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.