Augusta Mines

Past Producer in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodities Cobalt, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282028
MRDS ID W029517
MAS/MILS ID 0010290002
Record type Site
Current site name Augusta Mines
Related records 10100222

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -85.47855, 33.95044 (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

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 Cleburne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 011 E 33 E2NE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Hollandite Unknown
Lithiophorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Nichols Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 820427

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W. G., COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALA., GE

  • Deposit

    AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 940-J, PAGE 278.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-814 OF 1976 ENTRY RECORD 040, PROPERTY IS 15 MILES FROM CEDARTOWN, GA. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DATA TO CALCULATE SURFACE AREA DISTURBED REC 050/ TWO CARLOADS OF MN ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1918. WORKIN SIST OF 3 OPEN CUTS AND PITS EXTENDING 200 FT UP THE HILL. P WAS ONLY MN MINE IN A GROUP OF MINES FIRST WORKED FOR IRON I PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY PIERCE IN 1943. REC 080 MN-CO ORE FILLS FRACTURES IN BRECCIATED SANDSTONE O CURRS AS NODULES IN RESIDUAL CLAY DERIVED FROM THE SHADY DOL COBALT IS ADSORBED ON LITHIOPHORITE AND/OR HOLLANDITE AND IS LIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED BY GROUND WATER WALL ROCK PAR REPLACED BY ORE. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DATA TO EVALUATE MINERAL ZONE DIMENSIONS A SAMPLE COLLECTED NEAR PITS RAN 1.37 % CO, SAMPLE 1000 FT S 0.53 % CO. (REC 700)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references