| Deposit ID | 10106142 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030487 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bama Or Flaketown Mine |
| Related records | 10111822 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.46804, 32.75684 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 115 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chilton(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mitchell Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montgomery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Chilton |
| United States | Alabama | Coosa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Graphite Critical | Primary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Graphite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Roscoelite | Ore |
| Result | THREE SAMPLES: 73.96, 157.16, 85.84 LB/TON GRAPHITE 0.40%, 0.12%, 0.15% VANADIVM |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Rock unit name | Wedowee Group Graphitic Units |
| Rock description | Wedowee Group Graphitic Units |
| (1) | -86.46804, 32.75684 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Coosa Block |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 DEG W |
| Dip | 45 DEG SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alabama Machinery And Supply Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 182.88M |
| Overall width | 30M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030487 |
BROWN, J.S., 1925, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND, ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V20, NO 3, 208-248 P
1923 RECON ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
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.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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