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Rock Run-Goshen Ala.

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Kaolin, Aluminum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068433
MRDS ID W001488
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Run-Goshen Ala.
Alternate or previous names Northeastern Ala.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.74996, 34.00015 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weisner Mountain(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 Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
11S;12S 9E;10E Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • ROCK RUN AREA EXTENDS FROM ALABAMA-GEORGIA STATE LINE SOUTHWESTWORD. PRINCIPALLY IN T 11S, R11E, AND PARTLY IN ADJOINING TOWNSHIPS, COVERING APPROXIMATELY 35 SQ MILES (91 SQ KM).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ATLANTA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE BAUXITE IS COMPOSED PREDOMINANTLY OF GIBBSITE, SURROUNDED BY KAOLIN CLAYS. COLOR OF BAUXITE IS DICTATED BY RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF IRON. SMALL SEAMS OF IMPURE LIGNITE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE LOW-IRON DEPOSITS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF ONE SAMPLE OF PISOLITIC BAUXITE SHOWED 60.5% AL203, 5.5% SIO2, 3.2% FE203, AND 3.0% TIO2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Knox Group
    Rock description Knox Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.74996, 34.00015
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pell City Fault Block And Indian Montain Block

Ore body information

  • General form SINKHOLE FILLINGS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bauxite Occurs In Pockets Rather Than As Blanket-Type Deposits: Appear To Have Developed In Shallow To Deep Sinkholes In Karst Terrane.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1891
Year of last production 1923

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1942 AND 1943, A COOPERATIVE DRILLING PROGRAM BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES AND USGS ESTIMATED RESERVES OF BAUXITE AND KAOLIN IN THESE AREAS AT 1,376,000 TONS. OF THIS TOTAL, APPROXIMATELY 38,000 TONS WERE GRADES A AND B; 183,000 TONS WERE GRADE C; 413,000 TONS WERE GRADE D; AND 752,000 TONS WERE KAOLIN OR GRADED (CLOUD, 1967) (THOENEN-BURCHARD CLASSIFICATION FOR GRADES OF BAUXITE: THOENEN AND BURCHARD, 1941).
  • MEAS. IND AND INF. ALL GRADES BAUX - 413,000 TONS KAOLIN - 762,000 TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING BEGAN 1891. BETWEEN 1923 AND 1927 APPROXIMATELY 280,000 TONS BX. PRODUCED. APPROX. 125,000 TONS OF BAUXITE ORE WERE PRODUCED FROM THIS AREA DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1891 TO 1923. INCREASED DEMAND FOR BAUXITE ACCELERATED PRODUCTION DURING WWI. BUT BAUXITE MINING IN THESE DISTRICTS SLOWED BY 1922 AND CEASED ALTOGETHER IN 1923. AS OF 1990, MOST OF THE OLD PITS WERE OVERGROWN AND WATER-FILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLOUD, P. E., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCK RUN AND GOSHEN VALLEY AREAS, NORTHEAST ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-N, 74 P.

  • Deposit

    COULTER, D. M., 1948, BAUXITE IN CHEROKEE AND CALHOUN COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT INV. 4223, P. 28

  • Deposit

    RHEAMS, KAREN F., 1990, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, TEXT TO ACCOMPANY SPECIAL MAP 217, P. 12-15.

  • Deposit

    THOENEN, J.R., AND BURCHARD, E.F., 1941, BAUXITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3598, 42 P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1923, THE FORMATION OF BAUXITE IN SINK-HOLES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V 18, NO. 4 P. 410-412.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1927, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V.22, NO. ;6, P. 615-620.

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL U.S.B.M.

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 1199-N

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP P. E. CLOUD, JR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 1199-(, P. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BAUXITE IS MASSIVE AND PISOLITIC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

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