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Harbour Property

Occurrence in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257873
MRDS ID W000314
MAS/MILS ID 0010190021
Record type Site
Current site name Harbour Property
Related records 10067532

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.62275, 33.98624 (WGS84)
Elevation 189

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 010 E 18 SWSE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Hollandite Unknown
Lithiophorite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.62275, 33.98624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Area 16HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goshen Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rev. C. B. Harbour
    Interest 100
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPT., CHEROKEE CO.,ALA.,

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL. 940-J, 1943, PP 268 & 272

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-812 OF 1976 ENTRY CONFID. REPT.- GENERAL INFO. FOR ALL RECORDS IN THIS FILE. BULL. 940-J - GENERAL INFO. FOR ROCK AND DEPOSIT CHAR., COBA RECORD 050/ THE BUREAU OF MINES EXAMINED THE DEPOSIT AND SAM THE CLAY IN 1949. RECORD 080/ DEPOSIT IS DESCRIBED AS MN-ORE PELLETS AND WAD O RING IN CLAY. THE CLAY IS PRESENT OVER MOST OF THE PROPERTY ACRES - 16 HECTARES) AND IS 10 FEET THICK. PELLETS RANGE FR SAND-SIZE TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND, ACCORDING TO PIERCE, FROM THE SURFACE TO DEPTHS OF 2-4 FEET. WAD WAS OBSERVED IN BUNCHES AND SEAMS IN THE CLAY. COBALT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE B DEPOSITED BY GROUND WATER AND IS ADSORBED ON LITHIOPHORITE, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALCULATE ALL MIN. ZONE DIMENSIO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

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