Ishkooda Mines

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080422
MRDS ID W031559
Record type Site
Current site name Ishkooda Mines
Alternate or previous names Ishkooda No. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.85832, 33.46126 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birmingham South(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 018S 21;29 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION - ISHKOODA NO. 13 MINE - ON RED MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

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) -86.85832, 33.46126

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Se Limb Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1863
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name Birmingham Red Ore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Steel Corp.

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. 65-67

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit U.S. STEEL RETAINED SURFACE AND MINERAL RIGHTS ON RED MOUNTAIN AND SHADES VALLEY. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.