Old Lead Mine

Past Producer in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. 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 10208675
MRDS ID W028545
MAS/MILS ID 0010150011
Record type Site
Current site name Old Lead Mine
Related records 10079321

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -85.84386, 33.82374 (WGS84)
Elevation 595
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksonville West(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 014 S 008 E 07 E2SW Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 20W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 400M
    Width 60M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40W:20W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 820224

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Angel

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Avans, Alma
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 14HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .4
    Percent Waste Rock 85
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 6
    Primary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 35
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 70
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 7200
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EHINGER,ROBERT F, 1964, GEOL. AND GEOCHEM. STUDIES OF LEAD-Z

  • Deposit

    OSITS IN THE ANGEL DISTRICT, ANGEL, ALA. MASTERS THESIS,UNIV

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010/ ORIGINAL ENTRIES LISTLEAD AS MAIN PRODUCT & ZINC PRODUCT. RECORD 040/DATA RECORDED ON ORIGINAL ENTRIES: DISTANCE TO LA -T OF COMMON CARRIER - 1 KM, DIST. TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY- DIST. TO POWER SUPPLY,4 KM. RECORDS 151 & 152/ ORIGINAL ENTRIES SPECIFIED GRAVITY & ROAS BENEFICIATION METHODS. RECORD 152 COLS 55-60 INDICATES 0.1 FEED SHIPPED AS ZINC CONCENTRATE.NO ESTIMATE FOR PB CONC. GI RECORD 152 COLS 55-60,61,63/0.1% MILL FEED SHIPPED AS ZINC C

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Alabama Geological Survey Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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