Knighton Deposit

Prospect in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184579
MRDS ID W030485
MAS/MILS ID 0010150006
Record type Site
Current site name Knighton Deposit
Related records 10079760

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.72966, 33.94154 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Calhoun

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 009 E 31 SE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Floyd Shale

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. C Knighton
    Interest 100
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYNDHAM C. E.,INVESTIGATION OF ALA. MANGANESE DEPOSITS, CALH

  • Deposit

    CHEROKEE, AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES, ALABAMA U.S.B.M. R.I. 4976

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.