1. Home
  2. Mines
  3. North America
  4. The United States
  5. West Virginia
  6. Deposit #USGS10131997

Allegheny Clays Of Hancock Aluminum Prospect

Chester, West Virginia

40.5708°N 80.5744°W

Mine Overview

The Allegheny Clays Of Hancock Aluminum Prospect is near Chester, West Virginia. Preliminary development has taken place such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping. Enough data has been gathered to estimate grade and tonnage. As of 1978 there was one documented tabular shaped ore body extending 4 meters (13 feet) thick. The Kanawha Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

Site identification and general characteristics. Learn about USGS mines.

  • Aluminum, Iron, and Silica Secondary Commodity
  • Site Record Type?
  • Prospect Development Status?
  • Underground Operation Type?
  • Metallic Site Commodity Type?

Mine Names

  1. Name? Status?
  2. Allegheny Clays Of Hancock Current
  3. Ooke Counties Previous
  4. Lower Kittanning Fire Clay Previous

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

  1. Commodity Type Importance
  2. Aluminum Metallic Tertiary
  3. Iron Metallic Tertiary
  4. Silica Metallic Tertiary
  5. Titanium Metallic Tertiary

Deposit

RECORD 010/UNDER CLAY DEPOSIT-MINING BENEFICIATION AND TRANS ON RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED ONLY A LOCATION DESCRIPTION WIT RIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD COORDINATORS FOR ALUMIN ENDING MARCH 15 1975 RECORD 030/APPROX AREAL EXTENT OF KITTANNING FIRECLAY BEDS COCK CO 75 PERCENT AND 25 PERCENT IN BROOKE CO /LOCATION M 36-IC 8335 /CLAY STRATA LIES BELOW KITTANNING AND 50 FEET AB RION COAL SEAMS RECORD 030/REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ALL OR PARTS OF THE FOLLOWI MINUTE QUADRANGLES: EAST LIVERPOOL-SOUTHEAST LIVERPOOL-NORTH LLE-WEIRTON-STEUBENVILLE EAST-STEUBENVILLE WEST. RECORD 040 COL 32-33/DOMAIN ALSO CONTAINS STATE PARK LAND. RECORD 061/ANALYSES OF 8 SAMPLES OF KITTANNING CLAY AVERAGES ERCENT AL203, 57. 3% SI02, 4. 7% FE203, 1. 0% TI02 MATRIX 1/RESERVES AS OF 1956 AS GIVEN IN BUMINES IC 8335 19 PRODUCTION 1957 TO 1972.

Location Info

  1. Continent Country State County
  2. North America The United States West Virginia Hancock

Land Status

Land status information.

  1. Land Status? Admin Area?
  2. Private -

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

  1. Role? Material?
  2. Unknown Calcite
  3. Unknown Gypsum
  4. Unknown Kaolinite
  5. Unknown Pyrite
  6. Unknown Quartz
  7. Unknown Siderite

Orebody

Characteristics of the ore body.

  • Thickness: 4.00 meters (13.12 feet)
  • Ore Control: bedding, lithology
  • Ore Record Modified: 1978-02-13

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

  1. Division Province? Section
  2. Appalachian Highlands Appalachian Plateaus Province Kanawha Section

Holdings

Mineral rights ownership information.

  1. Type?
  2. Fee Ownership; Minerals Only; Private Lease

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

  1. Allegheny Clay Of Clarion Formati Mine

    • Aluminum commodity Site type Mine status
    • Hancock, West Virginia
    • Underground
    • 1.89 miles
    Read More

  2. Crucible Inc-Colt Ind Midland Plant

    • Iron commodity Site type Plant status
    • Beaver, Pennsylvania
    • Processing Plant
    • 7.61 miles
    Read More

  3. Clarion Fire Clay Aluminum Occurrence

    • Aluminum commodity Site type Occurrence status
    • Columbiana, Ohio
    • Surface
    • 10.26 miles
    Read More

  4. Steubenville Smelter

    • Chromium commodity Site type Plant status
    • Jefferson, Ohio
    • Smelting Plant
    • Processing Plant
    • 14.23 miles
    Read More

  5. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Processing Plant

    • Iron commodity Site type Plant status
    • Jefferson, Ohio
    • Processing Plant
    • 14.23 miles
    Read More

Nearby Places

Nearby Mining Districts

There are no mining districts nearby

Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

Mining Claim News From The Diggings™

Learn more about the Bureau of Land Management, Public Land Survey System, and mining claims.

  1. Understanding Mine Ownership

    Understanding Claim Ownership

    We receive lots of emails from people who find their name or a relative’s name on our site and want to know if this means they have some right to the land listed under that name.

  2. open range landscape

    Understanding BLM Administrative Areas

    Whether it is filing a mine or researching one, the administering BLM office is going to be the definitive source.

  3. Public Land Survey System map of the United States of America

    Understanding Location Data

    Mine handled by the Bureau of Land Management are not mapped by latitude and longitude, instead, these mines harken back to the Public Land Survey System.

  4. Historic map of the Ohio Western Reserve

    Understanding Townships

    A “township” can refer to two different things. Both are part of the PLSS measurement system but have different uses.

Browse All Mines
Browse Mines by BLM Administrative Area
Browse By Commodity
Browse Mines by State

Search for owners by first name, last name, company, location, etc.

Browse All Owners
Browse All Help