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Stone Hill Mine

Past Producer in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208635
MRDS ID W101809
MAS/MILS ID 0010290004
Record type Site
Current site name Stone Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Woods Copper Mine, Lewison Property
Related records 10084459

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.45495, 33.49485 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Amphibole Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.45495, 33.49485
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 43E
    Thickness 9.4M
    Length 229M
    Width 198M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20E:43E
    Minimum Depth to Top 12
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 820427

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Year of first production 1874

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Woods Copper Mine
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 529000mt ore
    Indicated 774000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1303000mt ore
    Inferred 1302000mt ore
    Total resources 2605000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.64 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 175000mt ore
    Indicated 338000mt ore
    Demonstrated 513000mt ore
    Inferred 602000mt ore
    Total resources 1115000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 805M
    Overall depth 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    2nd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 17.87
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACNAMARA, E. J., ET AL, 1930 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS ON THE S

  • Deposit

    HILL COPPER MINE, ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE.

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, H. D., AND THOENEN,J.R., USBM RI 4221, 1948

  • Deposit

    TOUMEY,M., SECOND BIENNIAL REPT. ON THE GEOLOGY OF ALA., 185

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., TYPES OF CU DEP.S IN SE. US., AIME TRANS., VOL3

  • Deposit

    JONES, W.B., ALA. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 28, 1926.

  • Deposit

    EPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-I, 1963.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., ALA. GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 55, 1969.

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE THAT FOLLOWS RELATES TO MAY 1977 UPDATE & REVIEW.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES ,STONE HILL COPPER MINE,CLEBURNE AND RAND

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES,ALA. WAR MINERALS REPORT 408,JUNE 1945,11PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER REVIEW AND UPDATE ENTRY DATE MAY 1977, BY DAVID C U COMMENTS THAT FOLLOW RELATE TO MAY 1977 REVIEW AND UPDATE OF CORDS & SUMMARY FILE REPORT SUBMITTED BY ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL REC 020 COLS 18-78 TAKEN FROM ALA GEOL. SURVEY CONTRACT RECO REC 030 COLS 66 TAKEN FROM ALA.GEOL. SURVEY CONTRACT RECORDS REC 040 COLS 17-33,45-47,49-64 & COL 14-DISTANCE TO LAST POI COMMON CARRIER 1 KILO. ,COL 15 DISTANCE TO ADEQUATE WATER SU KILO. ,COL 16 DISTANCE TO POWER SUPPLY-3 KILO. ALL COLS.LIST KEN FROM ALA.GEOL.SUR.CONTRACT RECORDS. REC 050 COLS 38-45 TAKEN FROM ALA.GEOL. SURVEY CONTRACT RECO REC 060 COLUMNS 14-39 ARE TAKEN FROM ALA.GEOL. SURVEY CONTRA RECORDS;COLS.48-50 DENSITY OF THE COUNTRY ROCK=2.63. REC 80 COLS.35-39 AVERAGE DEPTH FOR 5 DRILL HOLES IN MEASURED AREA. REC 80 COLS.59-62-STRIKE CHANGES TO S.30 E AT SOUTH END OF O REC 080-COLS 72-75 - IS WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOR MEASURED,INDICA INFERRED RESERVES. MATRIX 6 BASED ON REF.REC. 709-710,PP.10-11. REC 120 COLS 20-22,25-27,55-57 TAKEN FROM ALA.GEOL. SURVEY C RECORDS RECORD 120-PERCENT SWELL AND SWELL FACTOR NOT CALCULATED. COPPER SMELTING INFORMATION COPPER CONCENTRATE = 30. %. PERCENT RECOVERY = 87%.AMOUNT OF ED PRODUCT SHIPPED/24 HR.= 5.01 MT. COST RELATED INFORMATION ED ONLY TO THE SMELTED PRODUCT.ESTIMATED COST/MT=$122.50(EXC OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS)COST IS ESTIMATED COSTS DEVELOPED AT REC 160 DESCRIBES COPPER CONC.TRANSPORTATION TO COPPERHILL,T TRUCK&RAIL.ESTIMATED CHARGE IS $45/MT. COSTING COMMENTS PROPOSED SYSTEM AND ESTIMATED COSTING DONE BY C.P.MISHRA OF GRADE OF ORE VALUE OF ONE TON OF ORE (SEE RECORD 833-834) $ ORE MINED PER DAY TONS OF COPPER IN ORE 1000 X 0.64% ASSUME COPPER PRICE $0.70/LB 6.4 X 2204 X $0.70=$ VALUE OF ONE TON OF COPPER $9874/1000 =$ THEREFORE,SINCE MINING AND MILLING COST OF $22.76/MT IS MUCH FOR THIS PROPERTY THAN THE VALUE OF ONE TON OF ORE, THIS PRO WILL NOT BE PROFITABLE TO MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-1986 Uhrin U.S. Bureau of Mines

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