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Pyriton Area

Past Producer in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Sulfur, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136009
MRDS ID W028560
MAS/MILS ID 0010270010
Record type Site
Current site name Pyriton Area
Related records 60001782

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -85.84356, 33.36015 (WGS84)
Elevation 311
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lineville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 019 S 008 E 19 NENWSE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -85.84356, 33.36015
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 30S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 2774M
    Width 324M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N85E:30S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 820430

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Pyriton

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugh W Agricola
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joyce A Parker
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruth Jordan
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. A Mattison Iv
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner John W. Sentell
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .82
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 12
    Unit Production Cost 14
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 50
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1977
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .85
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Capacity 2500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 16.54
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAMONT, W. E. & E. L. HASTINGS. RESOURCE AND BENEFICIATION

  • Deposit

    OF COPPER-BEARING PYRITE ORE, PYRITON, CLAY COUNTY, ALABAMA.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRCULAR 27, 1964, PP. 1-26.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, SUZANNE. BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOS

  • Deposit

    ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRCULAR 55, 1969, P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G. I. GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF CO

  • Deposit

    PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULLE

  • Deposit

    1930, PP. 76-84

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, H. D. & J. R. THOENEN. INVESTIGATION OF COPPER-B

  • Deposit

    PYRITE ORES, PYRITON, CLAY COUNTY, ALA. BUMINES RI 4494, 19

  • Deposit

    15 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANT NO. G0133075 ENTERED 1974/ REVISIONS BY T. Q. LYDAY 19 RECORD 040, COLUMNS 71-80/MAP NAME IS LINVILLE WEST. RECORD 060, COLUMNS 48-50/ ROCK DENSITY ENTERED IS FOR ORE T MINED BY UNDERGROUND METHODS.(REF. 700, P. 18). DENSITY OF BE STRIP MINED IS 3.3 (REF. 700, P. 17). MATRIX RECORD 1/ GRADES AND RESOURCES ENTERED ARE FOR ORE TO MINED BY UNDERGROUND METHODS. MATRIX RECORD 2/ GRADES AND RESOURCES ENTERED ARE FOR ORE TO MINED BY STRIPPING. RECORD 120/ THE ESTIMATED MINE CAPITAL COST INCLUDES $5,206, EQUIPMENT, $2,687,700 FOR WORKING CAPITAL, $1,366,600 FOR EXPLORATION, $3848,500 FOR DEVELOPMENT, & $0 FOR ACQUISITION RECORD 230/ SURFACE RESOURCES ARE PROPOSED TO BE MINED BY CONTRACTOR AT AN ESTIMATED $14.0 PER METRIC TON. TOTAL CAPI COST FOR SURFACE MINING WOULD BE $613,200. MINE & MILL COSTING DEVELOPED BY C. P. MISHRA IN 1977 DOLLAR RECORDS 160 & 260/ COPPER CONCENTRATE IS PROPOSED TO BE SENT RAIL FROM PYRITON, ALABAMA, TO THE SMELTER AT COPPERHILL, TE RECORDS 161 & 261/ IRON CONCENTRATE IS PROPOSED TO BE SENT B FROM PYRITON, ALABAMA, TO THE SMELTER AT COPPERHILL, TENNESS ESTIMATED VALUES OF COMMODITIES PER METRIC TON OF ORE ARE: C AT 50% MILL RECOVERY, $1.77. IRON, AT 38% MILL RECOVERY, $1 SULFUR, AT ESTIMATED 50% RECOVERY, $2.09. MINING COST IS $1 PER METRIC TON OF ORE. MILLING COST IS $3.18 PER METRIC TON SMELTING COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AS $25.00 PER METRIC TON OF CONCENTRATE. SINCE VALUE OF COMMODITIES RECOVERED PER TON MINED ($15.14) IS MUCH LESS THAN TOTAL OPERATING COSTS ($44. MINING OF THIS PROPERTY IS NOT CURRENTLY FEASIBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-86 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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