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Wastepond-Kellerman Mines

Occurrence in Tuscaloosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079334
MRDS ID W028570
Record type Site
Current site name Wastepond-Kellerman Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.40001, 33.31404 (WGS84)
Elevation 91

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuscaloosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Nicol(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscaloosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black Warrior(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 Tuscaloosa

Comments on the location information

  • ON CLEARED GENTLY SLOPING UPLAND ADJACENT TO WEST SIDE OF RTE 1637
  • ON BLACK WARRIOR RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUBJECT OF THIS RECORD IS POTENTIAL RECOVERY OF ALUMINUM FROM WASTE POND OF COAL OPERATION BY AN ACID PROCESS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Analytical data

Result 24.2% AL203
Result 12.9% FE203
Result 0.46% CAO ON CALCINED ASH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Pottsville Formation
    Rock description Pottsville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.40001, 33.31404
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Swamp Sedimentary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Warrior Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; MINOR AMOUNT OF CRYSTALS ON SURFACE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR POTENTIAL

Comments on development

  • CORUNDUM FOUND USUALLY ON SURFACE, OCCURRING AS GRAYISH MASSES AS MUCH AS SEVERAL INCHES IN D'AMETER AND IN SMALL, ROUGH CRYSTALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1966 , CLAY AND SHALE OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR 20-B 88 P.

  • Deposit

    BEG, M.A., AND OTHERS, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 185.

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON AGS AND PECHINEY IN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY
Deposit CORUNDUM POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SMALL AMPHIBOLITE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit COAL MINE AND WASHER ARE IN OPERATION. SLUDGE IS NOT USED
Deposit TAILINGS FROM COAL SEPARATION PLANT CONTAINS COAL AND CLAY MINERALS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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