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Kent Mountain Mines

Past Producer in Colbert county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079918
MRDS ID W030682
Record type Site
Current site name Kent Mountain Mines
Alternate or previous names La Grange Brown Iron Ore Mines
Related records 10111766

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.55834, 34.62512 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colbert(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscumbia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pickwick Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Colbert

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 005N 010W 11,14,15 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.55834, 34.62512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR - IN POCKETS
    Thickness 5M
    Length 3000M
    Width 2000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON ORE PROBABLY FORMED ON BANGOR LIMESTONE - LIMESTONE REMOVED BY LEACHING - OVERLAIN BY GRAVEL OF TUSCALOOSA GR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Russellville Brown Iron District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, J.E., 1965, RUSSELLVILLE BROWN IRON ORE DISTRICT; ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., 1960, RUSSELLVILLE BROWN IRON ORE DISTRICT FRANKLIN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 70, 96 P.

  • Deposit

    CHAFFIN, H.S., JR., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLBERT COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 117.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOETHITE CONCRETIONS OCCUR AS POCKETS OVERLYING FERRIGINUOUS SANDSTONE SEAM
Deposit MINING CONFINED TO GOETHITE CONCRETIONS - FE - SANDSTONE LEFT IN PLACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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