Ne Alabama Bauxite-Kaolin

Occurrence in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodities Kaolin, Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068408
MRDS ID W001462
Record type Site
Current site name Ne Alabama Bauxite-Kaolin
Related records 10136062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.99996, 34.00015 (WGS84)
Relative position CALHOUN, TALLADEGA, AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gadsden East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Calhoun
United States Alabama Cherokee
United States Alabama DeKalb

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BIRMINGHAM 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR SCATTERED DEPOSITS LOW GRADE BAUXITE & KAOLIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.99996, 34.00015

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BAUXITE OCCURS IN LENSES ENCLOSED BY KAOLIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • REFRACTORY GRADE PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LIMITED
  • ONLY SMALL RESERVES OF BAUXITE FOUND BY USGS-USBM WORLD W II. INDUSTRY EXPANSION IN DIST. IN 1960'S INDICATE DISCOVERIES

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • ALA. G.S. REPT. IN PREPARATION 1972 (O. M. CLARKE) ; ECON.COM: SOURCE REFRACTORY BAUXITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1923 (ALCOA)
Deposit DOMESTIC SOURCE OF REFRACTORY BAUXITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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