Bowden Grove Manganese Prospect

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096525
MRDS ID W028556
Record type Site
Current site name Bowden Grove Manganese Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.85413, 33.28765 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 4 KM NNW ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lineville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Comments on the location information

  • EXPOSED ON COUNTY ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 11 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.85413, 33.28765

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 5000M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to top 0.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Uplands Drainage

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE CONCRETIONS IN SAPROLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Idaho

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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