Ashland District

Past Producer in Clay 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 60001811
MRDS ID W030489
Record type District
Current site name Ashland District
Related records 10233394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.83326, 33.30155 (WGS84)
Relative position LARGE CENTRAL PORTION OF CLAY COUNTY

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
Mica Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.83326, 33.30155

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 ASHLAND 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

    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.