Coosa-Chilton District

Past Producer in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodities Graphite, Mica, Vanadium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001810
MRDS ID W030486
Record type District
Current site name Coosa-Chilton District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.29997, 32.93346 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flag Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Coosa
United States Alabama Chilton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Mica Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.29997, 32.93346

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description COOSA BLOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name COOSA-CHILTON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, J.S., 1925, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V 20, NO 3, 208-248 P.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152.

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, H.D., AND THOEHEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4366, 84 P.

Beyond USGS

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