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Herron-Pratt Occurence

Prospect in Bibb county in Alabama, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079889
MRDS ID W030644
Record type Site
Current site name Herron-Pratt Occurence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.08889, 33.02516 (WGS84)
Elevation 91

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bibb(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Blocton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscaloosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahaba(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Bibb

Comments on the location information

  • BROWN IRON ORE IS FOUND IN THE NE PART OF THE COUNTYA C43 CONCENTRATE-40 TO 56% FE; 0.1 TO 0.5% MN; 0.5 TO 0.7% P.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BROWN IRON ORE
  • BARITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Newala Limestone
    Rock description Newala Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tuscaloosa Group; Coker Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 7M
    Length 1370M
    Width 120M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bibb County Barite

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT DUG IN 1918-COVERED

Comments on development

  • THE OVERBURDEN DOES NOT GENERALLY EXCEED 30 FEET IN THICKNESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., AND JONES, W.B., 1940, BARITE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 45, 38 P.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, T.H., AND LYNCH, R.E. JR., 1973, BARITE IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 85, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C.C., 1978, GEOLOGY AND WALL ROCK ALTERATION STUDY OF SELECTED BIBB COUNTY BARITE DEPOSITS: UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, 141 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE ORE THICKNESS OF 60 DRILL HOLES 1.1 M.
Deposit ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ESTIMATES A CALCULATED CRUDE ORE DENSITY OF 2,300 LONG TONS PER ACRE-FOOT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit EXTENT UNKNOWN - BARITE IN RESIDUUM

Reporter information

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

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