| Deposit ID | 10079471 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029027 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Waste Pond North River Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.60834, 33.61959 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 128 |
| Relative position | 50 KM N TUSCALOOSA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fayette(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Berry SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jasper(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Fayette |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Illite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pottsville Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Pottsville Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -87.60834, 33.61959 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Warrior Basin |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Republic Steel Corp |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029027 |
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.
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.
1976 RECON AGS AND PECHINEY IN
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TAILINGS POND FOR COAL SEPARATION PLANT-NORTH RIVER MINE |
| Deposit | TAILINGS FROM COAL SEPARATION PLANT CONTAINS COAL AND CLAY MINERALS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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