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Pope-Hughes Prospect

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Manganese, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079902
MRDS ID W030660
Record type Site
Current site name Pope-Hughes Prospect
Related records 10281655

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.49495, 33.98458 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borden Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE MANGANESE OXIDE SAMPLE FROM PROSPECT PITS CONTAINED 0.88 % COBALT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite, Knox Group;Conasauga Limestone;Conasauga Limestone
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite, Knox Group;Conasauga Limestone;Conasauga Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWLES, EDGAR, 1941, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY CIR 15, 38 P.

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1926, THE PALEOZOIC ROCKS IN GEOLOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY SPEC. REPT 14, P 41-230.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., 1944, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 940-J, P. 265-285.

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON W G PIERC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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