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State Line Mines

Past Producer in Cherokee 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079966
MRDS ID W030754
Record type Site
Current site name State Line Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.39717, 33.96542 (WGS84)
Elevation 299

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borden Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee
United States Alabama Cleburne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 012S 012E 29 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • PITS IN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Weisner Quartzite;Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Weisner Quartzite;Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POCKETS
    Length 500M
    Width 250M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMPLEX FAULTING SHADY DOLOMITE CONCEALED BY DEBRIS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Georgia-Alabama Ore Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWLES, EDGAR; 1941, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 15, 38 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR. 1981, BROWN IRON ORES OF NORTH ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE.

Reporter information

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

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