Old Woods Copper Mine

Past Producer in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Iron, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079327
MRDS ID W028554
Record type Site
Current site name Old Woods Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.53884, 33.51265 (WGS84)
Elevation 338
Relative position 1.4 KM NE MICAVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ross Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 011E 31 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • FLOOD PLAIN WEST SIDE OF SMALL CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Poe Bridge Mtn Group
    Rock description Poe Bridge Mtn Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ketchepedrakee Amphibolite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 75 SW
    Width 6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alabama Copper Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFTS AND DUMPS IN VALLEY EDGE OF SMALL CREEK CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOCHEMICAL ANOMOLY TRACED 3 KM
Deposit PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. ALL EVIDENCE OF MINING DESTROYED BY TIMBER COMPANY USING BULLDOZER. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.