Pike County Brown Iron Ore Deposits

Past Producer in Pike county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001817
MRDS ID W030651
Record type District
Current site name Pike County Brown Iron Ore Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.94996, 31.71689 (WGS84)
Relative position THE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT WOULD BE LOCATED IN SEC 33, T 9N, R 21E.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pike(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brundidge NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Troy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pea(hydrologic unit)

Choctawhatchee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Pike

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.94996, 31.71689

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FOLDING
Structure description GENTLE FOLDING; NO FAULTING IS EVIDENT IN THIS AREA.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description DIP SOUTH 4 TO 8 M/KM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W E, AND HASTINGS, E L, 1964, BROWN IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN PIKE, CRENSHAW AND BUTLER COUNTIES, ALABAMA, AN INTERM REPORT: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY INF SERIES 34, 38 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M., AND OTHERS, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF PIKE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY MAP 44.

Beyond USGS

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