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Ceylon Graphite Mine

Past Producer in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodities Graphite, Vanadium, Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079564
MRDS ID W029530
Record type Site
Current site name Ceylon Graphite Mine
Related records 10136157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.16941, 33.07238 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 2.5 KM WEST-NORTHWEST OF MT. OLIVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hollins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Coosa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024N 019E 16 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SECTION 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Mica Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 77.36 POUNDS PER TON GRAPHITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group Graphitic Units
    Rock description Wedowee Group Graphitic Units

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.16941, 33.07238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG SE
    Width 82M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Coosa Graphite

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. J. Johnson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 59.44M
    Overall width 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • SECOND PIT 165M LONG AND 32M WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROUTY, W.F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. REPT. 12, 190 P.

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, H.D., AND THOEHEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4366, 84 P.

  • Deposit

    1923 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUR OF MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO ARTHUR BLAIR (GEOLOGIST), OVER 600,000 TONS WEATHERED ORE REMAIN TO BE MINED. UNWEATHERED RESOURCES LARGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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