| Deposit ID | 10079566 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029532 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Liberty Mine |
| Related records | 10184946 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.77913, 33.37654 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 366 |
| Relative position | 4.75 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LINEVILLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cheaha Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Clay |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Graphite Critical | Primary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Result | GRAPHITE 86.7 LB/ST |
|---|---|
| Result | 20.3% MICA CONCENTRATE, 0.09% VANADIUM PENTOXIDE. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| (1) | -85.77913, 33.37654 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 DEG E |
| Dip | 50 DEG SE |
| Length | 4500M |
| Width | 42M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| District name | Ashland Graphite |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ballard, Emmett |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 73.15M |
| Overall width | 26M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029532 |
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.
BROWN, J.S. 1925 GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND ALABAMA: ECON GEOL. V. 20 NO 3. P. 208-248
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.
1923 RECON AGS
1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUR OF MINES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GRAPHITE SEAM EXTENDS SE PAST SMITH PROSPECT AND LINEVILLE MINE GRAPHITE SEAM EXPOSED ON COUNTY ROAD SOUTH OF LIBERTY MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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