Collier-Edge Deposit

Past Producer in Etowah county in Alabama, United States with commodity 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 10208725
MAS/MILS ID 0010550001
Record type Site
Current site name Collier-Edge Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.31938, 34.06184 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Altoona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Locust(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Etowah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 011 S 003 E 22 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.31938, 34.06184

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Brothers Sand And Gravel
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • 10 TO 15 CARLOADS OF MANGANESE ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM TH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED WAR MINERALS REPORT, COLLIER-EDGE PROPERTY, ETOW

  • Deposit

    ALABAMA.

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.