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Taits Gap Mines

Past Producer in Blount 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079967
MRDS ID W030755
Record type Site
Current site name Taits Gap Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.40415, 33.97514 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 5 KM NE ONEONTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oneonta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Locust(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Blount

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 012S 002E 13;14,23 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE ALA HY 132; NW TAITS GAP

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 > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.40415, 33.97514
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POCKETS
    Length 4000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Concentration

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1968

Mining district

District name Champion

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shook And Fletcher Supply Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 4000M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GIBBSON, A.M. 1893, GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF MURPHREES VALLEY ITS MINERALS AND OTHER MATERIALS OF ECONOMIC VALUE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. REPT 4, P 89-105

  • 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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