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Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview Mines

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106206
MRDS ID W031558
Record type Site
Current site name Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview Mines
Alternate or previous names Red Gap-Green Springs Ore Mines
Related records 10136389

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.74999, 33.51682 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irondale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahaba(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017S 002W 23;27;33 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • RED MOUNTAIN FROM RED GAP (CENTRY PLAZA)TO GREEN SPRINGS PLAZA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 20 TO 30 PERCENT FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Red Mountain
    Rock description Red Mountain
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Copper Ridge Dolomite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Birmingham Red Ore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F. AND OTHERS, 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 400, P. 59-63.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1981, ALABAMA RED IRON ORE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAM UNDERLIES MOUNTAIN BROOK AND HOMEWOOD. CITY DEVELOPMENT WILL PREVENT MINING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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