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Sloss Mines

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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080419
MRDS ID W031555
Record type Site
Current site name Sloss Mines
Related records 10281618, 10136451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.9311, 33.39876 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 019S 004W 11 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS FOR THE NO.1 MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 35% FE
Result 11.5% SIO2
Result 3.9% AL2O3
Result 18% CAO.

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) -86.9311, 33.39876
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.3M

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 Ore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sloss-Sheffield Steel And Iron Co. (Now Jim Walters Resources)

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 BUL 400, P. 56, 57.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1981, ALABAMA RED IRON ORES: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED OUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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

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