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Henderson Deposit

Past Producer in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079549
MRDS ID W029513
Record type Site
Current site name Henderson Deposit
Related records 10281757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.49856, 33.92597 (WGS84)
Elevation 341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borden Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 5 T13S-R11E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result MAY CONTAIN COBALT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Weisner Quartzite;Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Weisner Quartzite;Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Nichols Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN WISNER NEAR SHADY CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. N. Noble
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. W. Henderson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 6M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CUTS 6 M WIDE, 15 M LONG AND 4.5 M DEEP EXPOSED THE MANGANESE IN THIS DEPOSIT. ALSO, THREE SMALL PITS FILLED WITH DEBRIS WE OBSERVED IN THE AREA. TWO CUTS 6 M WIDE, 15 M LONG AND 4.5 M DEEP EXPOSED THE MANGANESE IN THIS DEPOSIT. ALSO, THREE SMALL PITS FILLED WITH DEBRIS OBSERVED IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYNDHAM, C.E., 1953, INVESTIGATION OF ALABAMA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4976, 38 P

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL USB

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MANGANESE OCCURS AS A FRACTURE FILLING THE BRECCIATED QUARTZITE AND AS PELLETS, WAD, AND HARD, SILICEOUS VEINLETS IN A CLAY GOUGE. THE MANGANESE OCCURS AS A FRACTURE FILLING IN THE BRECCIATED QUARTZITE AND AS PELLETS, WAD, AND HARD, SILICEOUS VEINLETS IN A CLAY GOUGE.
Deposit 3 CAR LOADS OF MANGANESE ORE REPORTED SHIPPED MANGANESE EXPOSED ON COUNTY ROAD 300 M NE OF OLD MINE 3 CAR LOADS OF MANGANESE ORE REPORTED SHIPPED; MANGANESE EXPOSED ON COUNTY ROAD 300 M NE OF OLD MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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