Enitachopco Mine

Past Producer in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Graphite, Mica, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106133
MRDS ID W029529
Record type Site
Current site name Enitachopco Mine
Alternate or previous names Redding Mine
Related records 10160149

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.91357, 33.28737 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 5 KM WEST OF ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clairmont Springs(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)

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 Clay

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 16 T20S,R7E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Mica Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM OLD PIT YEILDED 124.12 POUNDS OF GRAPHITE PER TON AND VANADIUM .58 % IN MICA CONCENTRATE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.91357, 33.28737

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland Graphite

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ellis Gravette

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 13M

Comments on the workings information

  • NEWER PIT IS SOUTHWEST OF OLD PIT AND 30 M. LONG, 9M WIDE AND 9M DEEP. EXTENSION OF ORE BODY IN THIS PIT IS POSSIBLE FOR 500 M AND DEPTH LIMITED BY WATER LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROUTY, W.F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. REPT. 12, 190 P

  • Deposit

    1923 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUR. OF MINES

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, H.D., AND THOENEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA:U.S. BUR. OF MINES REPT. INV 4366, 84 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EACH PIT SEEMS TO HAVE RELATIVELY HIGH GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM CONTENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.

External references