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Raimund Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080412
MRDS ID W031547
Record type Site
Current site name Raimund Mine
Related records 10136178

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.95221, 33.36904 (WGS84)
Elevation 213

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black Warrior(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 019S 004W 21,22 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION - NO. 2 MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result SOFT ORE NO. 2: 36% FE
Result 11.9% SIO2
Result 4% AL2O3
Result 17% CAO
Result 0.28% MN
Result 0.25%P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Red Mountain
    Rock description Red Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.95221, 33.36904
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Birmingham Red Iron Ore

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Republic Steel

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F. AND BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 400, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1927, DESCRIPTION OF THE BESSEMER-VANDIVER QUADRANGLES, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS FOLIO 221

Reporter information

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

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