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Cook Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079753
MRDS ID W030478
Record type Site
Current site name Cook Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.33331, 34.06125 (WGS84)
Elevation 270
Relative position 2.5 KM SW WALNUT GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Altoona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Locust(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Etowah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result CONTAINS COBALT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Fort Payne Chert
    Rock description Fort Payne Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.33331, 34.06125
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 3000M
    Depth to top 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Walnut Grove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cook, J. B.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEATHERLY, T.L., CLARKE, O.M. JR., SMITH, W.E., SZABO, M.W., 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL MAP 86.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, C.W., 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, WALNUT GROVE, ALABAMA: VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, MS THESIS, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    1969 COMPILE ALA GEOL SURVE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH UNKNOWN
Deposit GRAPHITE RESOURCES VERY 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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