| Deposit ID | 10281655 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030660 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0010190037 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pope Hughes |
| Related records | 10079902 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.49415, 33.98454 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 244 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Cherokee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 012 S | 011 E | 20 | NENE | Alabama |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chert | Unknown |
| Hollandite | Unknown |
| Lithiophorite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | Weisner and Wilson Ridge Formations undifferentiated |
|---|
| |||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| District name | Rock Run |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0010190037 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030660 | MAS references MRDS |
PIERCE, W. G., COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALA., GE
AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 940-J, PAGE 278
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-809 OF 1976 ENTRY REC 040,DEPOSIT IS 7 MILES EAST OF PIEDMONT. NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALCULATE MAX. AREA DISTURBED. RECORD 050/ THE DEPOSIT WAS EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY PIERCE I MANGANESE ORE CONSISTS OF COBALT-BEARING LITHIOPHORITE AND/O HOLLANDITE. COBALT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED BY GRO WATER. COBALT CONTENT FROM COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF MN OXIDE FROM DUMPS WAS 0.88 %. MN-CO ORE FILLS FRACTURES AND REPLACES CHE FLOAT ORE EXTENDS 250 FT WEST OF PROSPECT PITS. NOT ENOUGHDA DETERMINE MIN. ZONE DIMENSIONS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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