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Waste Pond - Flat Top Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079470
MRDS ID W029026
Record type Site
Current site name Waste Pond - Flat Top Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.025, 33.66681 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position 20 KM NW BIRMINGHAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jasper(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Locust(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 Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Analytical data

Result 21.2 % ALC03
Result 7.0% FEZ03
Result 0.3 % CAO (ON CALCINED ASH)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.025, 33.66681
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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 Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warrior Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Walters Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEALY, DAN, AND OTHERS, 1976, THOSE WASTE BANKS COULD BE SOURCES FOR FUEL, ALUMINA: COAL MINING AND PROCESSING. V. 13 NO 8, P 46-49.

  • Deposit

    COHEN, JOSEPH AND MERCIER, HENRI, 1976, RECOVERY OF ALUMINA FROM NON-BAUXITE ALUMINUM-BEARING RAW MATERIALS: METALLURGICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS PREPRINT A76-28, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON AGS AND PECHINEY IN

Reporter information

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

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