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Tumlin Gap Manganese Prospect

Occurrence in Etowah county in Alabama, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079891
MRDS ID W030647
Record type Site
Current site name Tumlin Gap Manganese Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.25497, 34.00653 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position LOCATED 6.9 KM SOUTHEAST OF ALTOONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(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)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Etowah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

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) -86.25497, 34.00653
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greasy Cove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THIS AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W G, 1944, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: US GEOL SURVEY BULL 940 J, P 265-285.

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O M JR, 1980, MANGANESE RESOURCES IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY OPEN FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT INCLUDES 9 SMALL INACTIVE MINES.
Deposit DRILLING BY BUREAU OF MINES PROVED DEPOSITS TO BE SMALL AND RESTRICTED TO HILL TOPS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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