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Big Sandy Area

Past Producer in Tuscaloosa county in Alabama, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free
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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 10160653
MAS/MILS ID 0011250001
Record type Site
Current site name Big Sandy Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.2878, 33.13906 (WGS84)
Elevation 144
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuscaloosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coaling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscaloosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black Warrior(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Tuscaloosa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 022 S 007 W 08 SENWSE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.2878, 33.13906
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 17E
    Thickness 2.8M
    Length 7800M
    Width 700M
    Area 100HA
    Depth to top 111M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N25E:17E
    Minimum Depth to Top 9
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 820908

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASED ON OBSERVABLE OUTCROPS, THE ORE BODY LENGTH IS 4800 METERS. THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE ORE BODY LENGTH FROM THE NORTHERNMOST OUTCROP TO THE SOUTHERNMOST OUTCROP IS 7800 METERS. ORE EXPOSED IN THE OUTCROPS IS ASSUMED TO HAVE BEEN MINED, APPROXIMATELY 30 METERS DOWN DIP; THEREFORE, THE MINIMUM DEPTH TO THE ORE BEARING PORTION OF THE ZONE IS APPROXIMATELY 9 METERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1900
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1903
Milling method Magnetic

Mining district

District name Birmingham Red Ore District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gulf State Paper Corp.
    Interest 57
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Individual Private Owners
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Alabama
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • 1900 IS APPROXIMATE YEAR OF DISCOVERY. 1903 IS APPROXIMATE YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION. UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE PRODUCTION FIGURES UNAVAILABLE. UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS CEASED IN 1910. SURFACE OPERATIONS COMMENCED IN 1958 AND ENDED IN 1968.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 124M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .4
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Percent Recovery 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
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 5500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 15.79
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDINGS OF GULF STATE PAPER CORPORATION IS ESTIMATED TO BE 1030 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEG, M.A., ET AL. MINERAL RESOURCES OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA. MAP 185, 1978, 78 PP.

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., AND C. BUTTS. IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES

  • Deposit

    OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL. 400, 1910, 204 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAULSON, Q.F., J.D. MILLER, JR., AND C.W. DRENNEN. GROUND-

  • Deposit

    WATER RESOURCES AND GEOLOGY OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA. COUNTY REPORT 6, 1962,

  • Deposit

    97 PP.

  • Deposit

    REED, A.J., JR. INVESTIGATION OF RED IRON ORE, WOODSTOCK

  • Deposit

    AND BUCKSVILLE AREAS, ALABAMA. BUMINES RI 4981, 1953,

  • Deposit

    34 PP.

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, T.A., AND T.R. GRAY. THE BIRMINGHAM RED-ORE

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, ALABAMA. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES, 1933-1967. J.D. RIDGE, ED., AIME, V. 1,

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK, 1968, PP. 188-206.

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, T.A., ET AL. ASSESSMENT OF IRON ORE AVAILABILITY IN

  • Deposit

    ALABAMA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN APPALACHIAN REGION.

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT NO. AER-77-16114.

  • Deposit

    JULY 1978, 92 PP. AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE

  • Deposit

    FOUNDATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.

  • Deposit

    STRASSBURGER, J.H., ET AL. (EDS.). BLAST FURNACE-THEORY AND

  • Deposit

    PRACTICE. V. 1, AIME, GORDON AND BREACH SCIENCE

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, 1969, 534 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. STATE OF ALABAMA, HIGHWAY MAP, 1966.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION BASED ON DATA SUPPLIED BY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA UNDER FEDERAL BUREAU OF MINES GRANT # G0144133. THE LAT/LON ARE THE COORDINATES OF A FORMER STRIP MINE LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE AREA. DEPOSIT ALSO OCCURS IN NORTHWESTERN PART OF BIBB COUNTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-1995 Jjg U.S. Bureau of Mines

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