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Brierfield Pit

Past Producer in Bibb 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079919
MRDS ID W030684
Record type Site
Current site name Brierfield Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.95832, 33.04183 (WGS84)
Elevation 116

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bibb(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aldrich(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 024N 011E 22;27 SW OF SE (22); NW OF NE (27) Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • 100 M N OF ALA HY 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kentona Dolomite;Brierfield Dolomite
    Rock description Kentona Dolomite;Brierfield Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.95832, 33.04183
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 18M
    Length 300M
    Width 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sinkhole

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWER PART OF KNOX GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 200M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1911, IRON ORES IN THE MONTERALLO-COLUMBIANA REGION, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 470, P 215-230.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 03/04/2003
MSHA mine ID0100004
Mine name (MSHA)Brierfield Quarry
Current operatorLhoist North America of Alabama, LLC
Current controller (parent)Lhoist Group
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (628 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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