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Barbour Operations Mine

Producer in Barbour county in Alabama, United States with commodities Aluminum, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160671
MAS/MILS ID 0010050001
Record type Site
Current site name Barbour Operations Mine
Alternate or previous names Wilson Number 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.24024, 31.74049 (WGS84)
Elevation 308
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Barbour(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Gaines NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Troy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Chattahoochee(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Barbour

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 009 N 028 E 21 C Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.24024, 31.74049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Length 100M
    Width 75M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830628

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eufaula

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Didier Taylor Refractories
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1/KAOLIN AND LOW GRADE BAUXITE OR BAUXITIC CLAY ARE MINED. ORE FROM THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN MINED FOR ALUMINUM SINCE 1945, BUT ORE IS USED FOR REFRACTORY AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, RATHER THAN METAL PRODUCTION. CURRENT INFORMATION IS DATED. DATA NOT USED IN COST ANALYSIS. REVIEWED BY EFOC, JAN.,1979. ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEPOSIT PROVIDED BY THE ALABAMA GEOLOGIC SURVEY. DATABASE AND FILE MAINTENANCE COMPLETED JUNE 1983 BASED UPON ALL NEW INFORMATION LOCATED. MATRIX 1/DRY TONS AND GRADES ON ORIGINAL CHANGED TO WET TONS AND GRADES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .83
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 6
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 50
    Capacity 360
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 12
    Unit Production Cost 5.83
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 14
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1979 E&MJ DIRECTORY PAGE 153

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1966, ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 61, NO. 5, P. 903

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1972, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 100, 90

  • Deposit

    NEWTON J. C., 1965, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 33.

  • Deposit

    NEWTON J. C., 1968, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 70.

  • Deposit

    TYRRELL, M. E., AND CLARKE, O. M.JR., ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY C

  • Deposit

    WARREN, W. C., AND CLARK, L. D., 1965, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BU

  • Deposit

    9-E, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 4/28/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1996 Alabama Geological Survey Alabama Geological Survey

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