| Deposit ID | 60001838 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031553 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Birmingham Red Ore Mines District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.85829, 33.46125 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Black Warrior(hydrologic unit)
Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Jefferson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| (1) | -86.85829, 33.46125 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| Year of last production | 1972 |
| District name | BIRMINGHAM RED ORE MINES DISTRICT |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. STEEL CO. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | REPUBLIC STEEL |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | WOODWARD IRON |
BURCHARD, E.F., BUTTS, CHARLES AND ECKEL, E.C., 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 400, P. 9 - 144.
BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE BIRMINGHAM QUADRANGLE, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 175.
BUTTS, CHARLES, 1927, DESCRIPTION OF THE BESSEMER-VANDIVER QUADRANGLES, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 221.
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.