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Hematite from
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, USA


Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:993187
Long-form Identifier:1:3:993187:9
GUID (UUID V4):81a4ec1f-2ebd-4b47-a088-917f225e0bba
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
7.7km (4.8 miles) Emanhee Gray Ore Mine, Talladega Gray Ore, Talladega County, Alabama, USA
29.7km (18.4 miles) Columbiana Red Ore Prospect, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
59.9km (37.2 miles) Ruffner Mine, Birmingham Red Ore, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
60.0km (37.3 miles) Hammond; Dago; Hendona; and Valleyview Mines (Red Gap-Green Springs Ore Mines), Birmingham Red Ore, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
60.3km (37.5 miles) Alfretta Mines, Birmingham Red Ore, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
63.8km (39.7 miles) Spaulding Mine, Birmingham Red Ore, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
65.3km (40.6 miles) Pyne Mine, Birmingham Mining District, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
66.8km (41.5 miles) Wenonah Mines (Wenona No. 6; 10 Mines; TCI Fossil Division), Birmingham Red Ore, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
67.6km (42.0 miles) Woodward Mines, Birmingham Red Ore, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
68.0km (42.2 miles) Sloss Mines, Birmingham Red Ore, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I I 34° MARIOH 34° I LAMAR , v:I G'l Alabama Q, \'l'I Q, 33° 0 1- I I I (/) ";lO ...Geological Survey of Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has long been a significant
Report (issue)
IRON ORES IN THE MONTEVALLO-COLUMBIANA REGION, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. INTRODUCTION. In the course...and economic survey of the Bessemer quadrangle, Alabama, in 1910, the writer had the opportunity of examining...the noted limonite deposit at Shelby, in Shelbj7- County. There is another extensive deposit of brown ore...reputation, and as a result of a comparative test of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee irons made at Columbus...to Mr. Ware, the largest order ever placed in Alabama up to that tune. A rolling mill was completed in
Report (issue)
Geology, Structural. 3. Geology Georgia. 4. Geology Alabama. I. Higgins, Michael W . II. Series: Geological...Rockmart Slate, Athens Shale, Tellico Formation, and Talladega Group ................................ Rockmart...Rockmart Slate, Athens Shale, and Tellico Formation Talladega Group .................................. Previous...southernmost part of the Appalachian orogen, Georgia and Alabama ....... In pocket 2. Schematic diagrams illustrating...southernmost part of the Appalachian orogen, Georgia and Alabama ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abbreviations: xl—crystal xled—crystallized ALABAMA — W e are indebted to William M. Johnson, R.F.D...6, Knoxville, Tenn., for the following note on Alabama: "An excellent light marble is found in a belt...miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...is about 1/2 mile wide but at Sylacauga (Talladega Co.) it is \y2 miles wide." ARIZONA — "Under separate...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
—crystal xled- -crystallized fl—fluoresces ALABAMA — Small lustrous brassyyellow xls of pyrite on...have been found in the marble quarries at Sylacauga, Talladega Co., Ala. A very beautiful specimen 6 x...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. W e had an opportunity to examine some pebbles...Kingsville, Md. FLORIDA—From the western part of Pascoe County, Florida, we have 3 grayish calcite concretions...dark brown cubes of pyrite. Milton is in Trimble County, Ky., just across the Ohio River from Madison,
Report (issue)
CLINTON OR RED ORES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA. By ERNEST F. BUUCHARD. INTRODUCTION. Detailed...southward the studies of these ores begun in northeast Alabama by E. C. Eckel in the fall of 1905. By the Birmingham...are built in the heart of the valley region of Alabama. This valley region lies between the Cahaba coal...E. F., Iron ores in the Brookwood quadrangle, Alabama: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 200, 1905, pp. 321-334...321-334. 130 CLINTON ORES OF BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA. 131 strong contrast with the irregular, roughly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xled—crystallized ph—phosphoresces xline—crystalline ALABAMA—In the offices of James Miller Davis (architect)...was collected in the marble quarries at Sylacauga, Talladega, Co., Ala. COLORADO—"After a period of...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of deep...related to granitic rocks, has been found in Troup County near La Grange. All of the stones are a rich blue-green
Book
SUKVEY OF ALABAMA EUGENE ALLEN SMITH, STATE GEOLOGIST. i INDEX TO The Mineral Resources OF ALABAMA. BY...herewith an Index to the Mineral Resources of Alabama. As the name implies, this document* is intended...EUGENE A. SMITH, State Geologist. University of Alabama, April 30, 1904. 140858 GEOLOGICAL CORPS. ...Reports of the Alabama Geological Survey 5 Table of the Geological Formations of Alabama CHAPTER 8...the Manufacture of Iron The Ores 1. Red Ore, or Hematite 2. Brown Ore, or Limonite 3. Gray Ore, or Magnetite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avon which represents the northern part of the old county of Somerset, and with it one of only four major...for including Dorset in south-west England as the county essentially lies west of the midpoint of England's...region the world's second largest producer after the USA with around 7m. tonnes primarily from the southeastern...three companies, amongst 20 kaolin operators, in the USA -- Engelhard, Georgia Kaolin, and J.M. Huber -- each...Increased demand of calcined kaolin, particularly in the USA, is the result of the continuing tight supply of
Book
: =: n 1871, shortly after the University Alabama reopened by Federal returned of after its...Alabamians. he accomplished transformed became Alabama the from What catalyst that an aimless and...“Little Doc,” as told in Eugene Allen Smith’s Alabama, sources: Smith’s is drawn from many transcribed...histories of the state and of the University of Alabama, and contemporary newspapers. How he accomplished...lush EUGENE ALLEN SMITH’S ALABAMA EUGENE ALLEN SMITH’S ALABAMA How a Geologist Shaped a State
Report (volume)
250-12,460 ft, sec. 14, T. 45 S., R. 27 E., Lee County, Fla. Named for the nearby Able Canal. The Able...H-20, northwest of Wattsville, northern Accomack County, Va. Reference sections: facies E and F, sand pits...Wattsville, Persimmon Point, and Accomack, Accomack County, Va. The informal Accomack beds of Mixon and others...and west of the Ames Ridge shoreline in Accomack County, Va., and are well developed from Wallops Station...Turnpike exchange, Annandale quadrangle, Fairfax County, Va. The Accotink Schist, here named, is the lower
Book
Gemstone-Aquamarine Vii Vili Fossil-Stegosaurus * Alabama Mineral-Hematite Rock-Marble Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides...The main body is organized alphabetically from Alabama to Wyoming. Each state’s geo-symbol is arranged...GEOSYMBOLS Alabama Marble y Z Basilosaurus Star Blue Quartz Alabama MINERAL-HEMATITE WHEREAS, Red...minerals found in the State ofAlabama, and WHEREAS, Hematite is used for iron and steel and many industries...State got their initial start with this important, Alabama-produced mineral, and WHEREAS, this valuable natural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
them in. ALABAMA — Rose colored jaspers have been found in the quartzite ridges near Sylacauga, Talladega...of vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although...Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California" has just been released by the Division...specimen comes from near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. "We find this pectolite high on a cliff...limonite (bog iron ore) are found in Chickasaw County, west of Houston, Miss. Bog iron ore is often cellulor
Report (issue)
17 4. Correlation chartoflithologic units in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina . . . . . . . . . ...into what is referred to as the Talladega belt. Units of the Talladega belt in this area are at least...terminology, terms such as Blue Ridge, Inner Piedmont, Talladega, etc., have become entrenched in the literature...Piedmont as defined in Alabama, with one notable exception: the inclusion of the Talladega belt in the northern...northern Piedmont of Alabama. In this report on the Greater Atlanta Region we define the Blue Ridge geologic
Book (volume)
............... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ....................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map .....................................................................................2 Alabama Stream Map ............................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..........................................
Report (issue)
Eugene A. Smith was appointed State Geologist of Alabama, and already in his first annual report (Smith...units from Tennessee are clearly recognizable in Alabama, including both the Ocoee (p. 22) and the Chilhowee...these rocks along Talladega Creek, and later (Snith, 1888) he called them the Talladega (Ocoee) group and...Algondian. But the evolution of ideas about the Talladega is a complicated as that about the Ocoee and deserves...parts of Virginia, North Caroina, Georgia, and Alabama were mapped as part of the Geologic Atlas of the
Report (volume)
each of the States, the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals...statements regarding their respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas...compilation. ALABAMA. Aluminum. See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Journal (issue)
full century before the historic-feeling Sylacauga, Alabama meteorite.Well, perhaps Ann Elizabeth Hodges...Hodges who was on the receiving end of the Sylacauga stone didn’t think it felt quite so historic. For...indicates a manmade origin. Common Meteorwrongs Hematite, a common meteorwrong (Photo courtesy of A erolite
Book (volume)
.................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (volume)
.................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book
____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _ 3 VI 1 1 1 1 2 9...Newton, Wa l t o n , F a n n i n , F o r s y t h Alabama: C l a y, Cleburn, Coosa, Tallapoosa, C h i l t...i n , Dawson, Banks, Clayton, Lee, Tw i g g s Alabama: St. C l a i r , Lee, Shelby Pearls r a n k a s...e d S t a t e s w e r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood...S t . Johns, Peace. Alabama: B l a c k Wa r r i o r, Coosa, N o r t h , Alabama, Locust, Tennessee, Tallapoosa
Report (volume)
......................................... 5 Alabama..................................................form. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF UNITED STATES ALABAMA. ALABAMA. Alum. See Halloysite. Aluminum. See Bauxite...Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Catalog/List
•*11 A VERY LARGE MEGALODON TOOTH NORTH CAROLINA, USA 6Ω inch tooth of Carcharodon sp. from the Tortonian...9 •*12 A LARGE MEGALODON TOOTH NORTH CAROLINA, USA 6 inch Carcharodon sp. from the Tortonian (12-7...“delivered,” (e.g., a city, village, mountain, river, county, etc.). In a desert, where there are few distinguishing...remain. 32 A SPECIMEN OF PICTURE SANDSTONE UTAH, USA the carved form from the Shinarump formation 15in... *35 AN ADMIRE METEORITE NODULE DISCOVERED LYON COUNTY, KANSAS, 1881 the specimen shows the green clusters
Report (issue)
COLLABORATING STATE AGENCIES Geological Survey of Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining...zone_________ Gaffney marble belt_________________ Sylacauga marble belt_______________ Other marble belts__________________...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Generalized section-s of35. Pennsylvanian rocks in Alabama, showing sequence of and approximate intervals
Report (issue)
SURVEY GEOLOGIC RADON POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 4 Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina...SURVEY GEOLOGIC RADON POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 4 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Alabama Linda C.S. Gundersen 4. Preliminary Geologic Radon...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented...The reports are available in county formats and State summaries. The county reports typically contain both
 
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