Northeastern Alababa

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Cobalt, Iron, Manganese
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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136062
MRDS ID W001462
MAS/MILS ID 0010190143
Record type Site
Current site name Northeastern Alababa
Alternate or previous names Rock Run Area
Related records 10068408

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.47935, 34.01984 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 011 E 04 SE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Clay Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hollandite Unknown
Lithiophorite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.47935, 34.01984

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 5.5HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5.5
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Northeast Alabama

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rock Run Area
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. White
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Norris Webb,Stewart Brothers, Edward Braswell
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. B. S. Morgan ( Rep. Of Stock Estate. )
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. E. And C. E. Daughdrill
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS REPORT FILES, MANGANESE, CHEROKEE, ETOWAH, AND CLA

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL. 940-J, 1943, PP.276-280.

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS REPORT FILES. MEMORANDUM TO C.M. HERON,WAR PRODUCT

  • Deposit

    BOARD, FROM W.C. MENDENHALL, NOV. 30, 1942, RESERVE FIGURES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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