Anniston, Fort Payne, Ashville, Ala.

Occurrence in DeKalb 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 10068407
MRDS ID W001461
Record type Site
Current site name Anniston, Fort Payne, Ashville, Ala.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.99996, 34.00015 (WGS84)
Relative position DE KALB, CHEROKEE, CALHOUN AND ST. CLAIR 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 DeKalb
United States Alabama Cherokee
United States Alabama Calhoun
United States Alabama St. Clair

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BIRMINGHAM 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Kaolin Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.99996, 34.00015

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL OCCURRENCES OF BAUXITE POTENT. RES. OF KAOLIN SMALL
  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES ARE SMALL AND DEPOSITS ARE SCATTERED.

Comments on the workings information

  • BAUXITE AND KAOLIN OCCUR MAINLY AS SINK HOLE FILLINGS

Comments on development

  • SMALL LENSES OF BAUXITE ENCLOSED BY KAOLIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 800 TONS BAUXITE PRODUCED HEBBLE MINE NEAR ASHVILLE 1942. KLONDIKE BAUXITE MINE NEAR FT PAYNE 160 FT X 120 FT X 60 FT DEEP. IT WAS ACTIVE 1917-1918 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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