Vance Mine, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 33° 8' 6'' North , 87° 17' 21'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 33.13514,-87.28930 |
Köppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
Other/historical region names associated with this locality: | Vance Red Ore Mine |
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Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Regional Geology
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Cretaceous 66 - 145 Ma ID: 2937693 | Tuscaloosa Group; Coker Formation Age: Cretaceous (66 - 145 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Coker Formation Description: Light-colored micaceous very fine to medium sand, cross-bedded sand, varicolored micaceous clay, and a few thin gravel beds containing quartz and chert pebbles. Beds of thinly laminated finely glauconitic very fine to fine sand, silt and dark-gray carbonaceous clay (Eoline Member) occur locally in the lower part in western AL. Locally quartz and chert gravels at the base of the formation range in size from very fine pebbles to large cobbles. In southeastern Elmore County the formation includes marine sediments consisting of glauconitic, fossiliferous, quartzose fine to medium sand and medium-gray carbonaceous silty clay. Not mapped east of the Tallapoosa River. Lithology: Major:{sand,clay}, Minor:{silt}, Incidental:{gravel, chert} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Paleozoic 252.17 - 541 Ma ID: 3187973 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (252.17 - 541 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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