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Eufaula

Past Producer in Alabama, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098100
MRDS ID DE03061
Record type Site
Current site name Eufaula

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.82872, 32.79513 (WGS84)
Relative position No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of second order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chilton(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maplesville East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.82872, 32.79513
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAYTON LIMESTONE UNDERLIES, TUSCAHOMA FM MARINE SS AND SH OVERLIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eufaula

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1941-1945
    Material AL
    Description Cp_Grade: ^51.77% Al2o3, 6.91% Sio2, 10.71% Fe2o3, 2.67% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 52wt-pct
    SiO2 Silica Silica 7wt-pct
    TiO2 Titanium Titanium 3wt-pct
    Fe2O3 Iron Iron 11wt-pct

Comments on development

  • 1923 DISC.; 1926 PROD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUM RESOURCES OF THE WORLD: USGS BULL. 1228, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN (1949)

  • Production

    PATTERSON (1967); ALLEN (1949)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES OF KAOLIN, ISOLATED POCKETS 50-60,000 LT, AVG 10000 LT PISOLITIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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

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