Ladd Mine

Past Producer in DeKalb county in Alabama, United States with commodities Clay, Fullers Earth
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134500
MAS/MILS ID 0010490060
Record type Site
Current site name Ladd Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.73166, 34.48373 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

DeKalb(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Payne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama DeKalb

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 006 S 009 E 30 NWNWSE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Fullers Earth Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.73166, 34.48373

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ladd Fullers Earth Co.
    Year 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, WALTER B, 1940, ALA GEOL SURVEY 47, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O., CLAY AND SHALE OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA GEOL-

  • Deposit

    OLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20C, 1968, PAGE 62.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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