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Pope-Brittain Deposits-Britton P

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. 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 10184947
MRDS ID W029515
MAS/MILS ID 0010190014
Record type Site
Current site name Pope-Brittain Deposits-Britton P
Related records 10079553

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.46305, 33.97294 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borden Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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)

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 Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 011 E 22 SWNW Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.46305, 33.97294
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. J Brittain(Surface Rights)
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward And J. Fred Pope(Mineral Rts
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1939-1943 APPROXIMATELY 100 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED FROM PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYNDHAM,C. E.,INVESTIGATION OF ALABAMA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, C

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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