Chulafinnee Taylor Mine

Past Producer in Cleburne 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100234
MRDS ID W031009
Record type Site
Current site name Chulafinnee Taylor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.65413, 33.55709 (WGS84)
Elevation 265

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hollis Crossroads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017S 009E 12,14 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • OLD PITS ON BOTH SIDES U.S. 431

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore

Analytical data

Result 47 % FE
Result 14 % INSOL.: 0.85 P
Result 0.90 MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Chulafinnee Schist
    Rock description Chulafinnee Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 700M
    Width 45M
    Depth to top 1M
    Depth to bottom 25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pyrite Seams In Phyllite; Drainage

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Chulafinnee

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. And J. Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 640.08M
    Overall width 60M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUDDLE, J.W., 1941, BROWN IRON ORE OF THE CHULAFINNEE DISTRICT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 17, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR. 1981, GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF BROWN IRON ORES IN THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT: OPEN FILE ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY INDICATES NO POSSIBILITIES OF FINDING COPPER, LEAD OR ZINC MASSIVE SULFIDE IN PHYLLITE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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