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Abel Gap Iron Ore Mine

Past Producer in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080055
MRDS ID W031011
Record type Site
Current site name Abel Gap Iron Ore Mine
Alternate or previous names Kyle-McKelroy and Verge-York Properties, Wade Tract

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.73052, 33.52237 (WGS84)
Elevation 311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hollis Crossroads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017S 009E 30 NE OF NE Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • OLD MINE ROAD LEADS TO PITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Talladega Group
    Rock description Talladega Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.73052, 33.52237
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Depth to top 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pyrite Seams In Phyllite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chulafinnee

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 0.91M
    Overall width 10M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUDDLE, J.W., 1941, BROWN IRON ORE OF THE CHULAFINNEE DISTRICT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR 17, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    PROUTY, W.F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPT 1, 190 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR, 1981, GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF BROWN IRON ORES IN THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT: OPEN FILE, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY INDICATES NO POSSIBILITIES OF FINDING COPPER LEAD OR ZINC MASSIVE SULFIDES. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

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