Russellville Brown Iron Ore Mines

Past Producer in Franklin county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
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. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001823
MRDS ID W030681
Record type District
Current site name Russellville Brown Iron Ore Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.75002, 34.50013 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frankfort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscumbia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.75002, 34.50013

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • TUSCALOOSA GROUP SEDIMENTS OVER BANGOR LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1818
Year of first production 1818
Year of last production 1974

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. PIPE AND FOUNDARY
  • Type Operator
    Owner SHOOK AND FLETCHER SUPPLY CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., 1960, RUSSELLVILLE BROWN IRON ORE DISTRICT FRANKLIN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 70, 96 P.

  • Deposit

    CHAFFIN, H.S. JR., 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 114.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, ANDREW, 1948, NORTH ALABAMA BROWN IRON ORES: U.S. BUR MINES REPT. INV. 4229, P. 44-49.

Beyond USGS

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