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Hackleburg Kaolin Ala.

Past Producer in Marion county in Alabama, United States with commodity Kaolin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068455
MRDS ID W001515
Record type Site
Current site name Hackleburg Kaolin Ala.
Alternate or previous names Chalk Bluff Kaolins
Related records 10209181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.83141, 34.20235 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hamilton NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Haleyville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buttahatchee(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Marion

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOTH SIDES OF RIO CHICAMOCHA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ACERIAS PAZ DEL RIO HAS ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 4000 INDIVIDUAL CHEMICAL ANALYSES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tuscaloosa Group; Coker Formation
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Overburden And Lenticular Nature - Impurities

Comments on the geologic information

  • BITUMINOUS COAL AT BASE OF MOLASSE SEQUENCE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: CONCENTRACION FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED 1954 - 1960: 231 FROM LAMESA - EL UVO, 96 FROM BUENOS AIRES 248 FROM COLORADALES, AND 55 FROM EL HUCHE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 = PROVED RESERVES; ITEM 2 = PROBABLE RESERVES. SOME PARTS OF THESE RESERVES MAY BE TOO THIN TO BE ECONOMICALLY MINEABLE, OR OFF - GRADE (HIGH SILICA)
  • ITEMS 1 AND 2 ARE POSSIBLE RESERVES, A GOOD PART OF WHICH MAY BE TOO THIN OR LOW GRADE TO BE ECONOMICALLY MINEABLE
  • RESERVES ONLY CUT-OFF OF 15% SIO2 FOR DETERMINATION BETWEEN RESERVE AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES.

Comments on the workings information

  • STRIPPING 60-80 FT. IN 1972
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE REQUESTED FROM JAIME MARTINEZ, JEFE DE MINA, ACERIAS PAZ DEL RIO, AEROPUERTO AEREO 4260, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, S. A.

Comments on development

  • THOMAS ALABAMA KAOLIN CO. PLANT IN NORTH SIDE HACKLEBURG. MINES 4.5 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN - EAST OF HIGHWAY
  • OTHER INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN COMPANY PAPERS BY ALVARADO, SUAREZ, AND REYES HELD BY ACERIAS PAZ DEL RIO. ; ECON.COM: LOW FE CONTENT, HIGH PHOSPHOROUS (1 - 1.5%), UNDERGROUND MINING; HOWEVER, GOOD PROXIMITY OF IRON ORE, COAL, LIMESTONE. COAL COMES FROM MIDDLE GUADUAS, LIMESTONE COMES FROM LOWER VILLETA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O. M. CLARKE, JR. 1964, 12TH CLAY CONF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY IN TUSCALOOSA
Deposit THIN OOLITIC IRON - RICH BEDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM UPPER SOCHA, UPPER PICACHO, AND UPPER CONCENTRACION, BUT THE ONLY EXPLOITED ORE IS IN THE LOWER CONCENTRACION FM. 1 M. THICK ORE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM SCATTERED LOCALITIES FURTHER NORTH, AND AT SABANALARGA, 120 KM. FURTHER SW, ALL POSSIBLY AT THE SAME STRATIGRAPHICAL HORIZON BUT NOT CONTINUOUS BETWEEN SABANALARGA AND PAZ DEL RIO.
Deposit THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITS ARE BEING WORKED: LA MEAS, EL UVO, BUENOS AIRES, COLORADALES, AND EL UCHE. RECORD W026880 WAS COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD.

Reporter information

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

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