Webb Mines

Past Producer in Macon county in Georgia, United States with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119271
MAS/MILS ID 0131930002
Record type Site
Current site name Webb Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.08491, 32.18768 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sumter(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pennington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Americus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Flint(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Macon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.08491, 32.18768

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Date of Last Modification 830510

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1969

Mining district

District name Andersonville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner American Cyanamid Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .94
    Percent Waste Rock 62.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 11
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 90
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECK WILLIAM H. BUMINES REPT. OF INV. 4568 1948

  • Deposit

    BURKE CHS. D. SUPT. AM. CYANAMID CO. GA. FIELD TRIP NOV. 13-

  • Deposit

    ZAPP ALFRED D. USGS BULLETIN 1199-G 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010 COL. 14 CURRENTLY PRODUCING MINE. ORE IS USED FOR ES OTHER THAN ALUMINA. RECORD 010 COL. 18-20 MINED ORE CONSISTS OF KAOLIN-CHINA CLA H-ALUMINA CLAY & BAUXITE. RECORD 060 COL. 40-47 NO DEFORMATION THEREFORE DOES NOT APPL MATRIX RECORD IS NOT ENTERED INTO MAS BECAUSE THE RESERVE IS ED IN THE ANDERSONVILLE DISTRICT ESTIMATE RECORD 151 COL. 18-21 GRADE IS NOT INCLUDED AS CLAY IS NOT B OCESSED FOR ALUMINA. COL. 54 CLAY IS CRUSHED SCREENED AND CA BASED ON A BENEFICIATION PLANT CURRENTLY IN OPERATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Simmons U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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