| Deposit ID | 10079565 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029531 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Carbon Mountain |
| Alternate or previous names | Carbon Mountain and Pearless Mines |
| Related records | 10257297 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.81802, 33.34043 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 351 |
| Relative position | 2.5 KM SOUTH EAST OF HIGHLAND |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lineville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Tallapoosa(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Clay |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | GRAPHITE-3.29% AND 4.6%, MICA-15.3% AND 7.2%, VANADIUM IN MICA-.23% AND .07% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| (1) | Ketchepedrakee Amphibolite |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 55 DEG E |
| Dip | 55 DEG SE |
| Length | 2000M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| District name | Ashland Graphite |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. J. Norrell |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 41.15M |
| Overall width | 35M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029531 |
PROUTY, W.F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOL. SURVEY SPEC REPT. 12, 190 P.
BROWN, J.S. 1925. GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND. ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V. 20 NO. 3. P. 208-248.
1923 RECON AGS
1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUR OF MINES
PALLISTER, H.D.,AND THOENEN, J.R.,1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUR OF MINES REPT, INV 4366, 84 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | UNWEATHERED ORE CONTAINING SULFIDES EXPOSED IN CARBON MOUNTAIN PIT |
| Deposit | GRAPHITE ZONE EXTENDS SOUTHWEST PAST PEARLESS MINE AND NORTHEAST PAST RAILROAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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