Woodstock Brown Iron Ore Deposit

Past Producer in Bibb county in Alabama, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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 60001826
MRDS ID W030757
Record type District
Current site name Woodstock Brown Iron Ore Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.125, 33.25015 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH INTERSTATE 20 FROM WOODSTOCK TO BUCKSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuscaloosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abernant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscaloosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahaba(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Bibb
United States Alabama Tuscaloosa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.125, 33.25015

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1830
Discoverer Daniel Hillman
Year of first production 1830
Year of last production 1961

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner SHOOK AND FLETCHER SUPPLY CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, ANDREW, 1948, NORTH ALABAMA BROWN IRON ORES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV. 4229, 82 P.

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., 1905, IRON ORES OF THE BROOKWOOD QUADRANGLE, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 260, P. 321-334.

  • Deposit

    BEGG, M.A. AND OTHERS, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 185.

Beyond USGS

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