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Cane Creek Mines

Past Producer in Calhoun 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080058
MRDS ID W031015
Record type Site
Current site name Cane Creek Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.9833, 33.72514 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 KM E ANNISTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eulaton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Calhoun

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 015S 006E 14 NW Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • AREA INACCESSABLE-MILITARY RESERVATION

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 Knox Group
    Rock description Knox Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.9833, 33.72514
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1840

Mining district

District name Anniston

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on development

  • SMALL FURNACE LOCATED ON CANE CREEK - IRON SHIPPED BY BOAT TO SELMA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARMES, ETHEL, 1910, THE STORY OF COAL AND IRON IN ALABAMA: BIRMINGHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 581 P

  • Deposit

    MCCALLEY, HENRY, 1897, THE VALLEY REGIONS OF ALABAMA PART 2 THE COOSA VALLEY REGION: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC REPT 9, 962 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

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