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Shelby Mine

Past Producer in Shelby county in Alabama, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079916
MRDS ID W030680
Record type Site
Current site name Shelby Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.59442, 33.12238 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position N EDGE OF SHELBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shelby(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Shelby

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 022S 001W 13 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANESE OCCURS IN IRON ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE - 52 % FE, 11 % SIO2, 0.2 % P, 0.7 % MN

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) -86.59442, 33.12238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.5M
    Length 1600M
    Width 1600M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sinkhole

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1849

Mining district

District name Shelby

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shock And Fletcher Supply Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1463.04M
    Overall width 1600M

Comments on development

  • ORE MINED FOR CONFEDERATE - IRON USED FOR ARMOR PLATES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1911, IRON ORES IN THE MONTEVALLO-COLUMBINA REGION: ALABAMA: U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 470, P 215-223

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1940, DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MONTEVALLO AND COLUMBIANA QUADRANGLES (ALABAMA): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS FOLIO 226

  • Deposit

    BROWN, ANDREW, 1948, NORTH ALABAMA BROWN IRON ORES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4229, P. 49-54.

  • Production

    BROWN, U.S.B.M., R.I. 4229, P. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALMOST CONTINUOUS MINING 1849 TO 1923 BY SHELBY IRON ORE CO. ORE USED IN FURNACE LOCATED IN SHELBY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

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