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Vance Red Ore Mines

Past Producer in Tuscaloosa 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080423
MRDS ID W031561
Record type Site
Current site name Vance Red Ore Mines
Alternate or previous names Big Sandy Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.28972, 33.13516 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Relative position 5 KM SE OF COALING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuscaloosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coaling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscaloosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Tuscaloosa
United States Alabama Bibb

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
022S 007W 04;08;09;17 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 50% FE
Result 23.4 % INSOLUBLE
Result 0.08%P - WASHED ORE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.28972, 33.13516
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3M
    Length 8000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1972

Mining district

District name Birmingham Red Ore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Woodward Iron Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • BIG SANDY IRON AND STEEL CO. MINED 1900-1909 IN 4 SLOPE MINES. SOUTHEASTERN COAL AND IRON COMPANY SURFACE MINED 1958-1962. WOODWARD IRON CO. MINED 1962-1972.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., BUTTS, CHARLES AND ECHEL, E.C., 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 400, 198 P.

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, T.A., AND GRAY, T.R., 1970, THE BIRMINGHAM RECLORE DISTRICT, ALABAMA; IN RIDGE I.D. (ED) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1973; AIME NEW YORK.

Reporter information

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

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