Mines in Cherokee County, Alabama
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1Active
Cherokee County, Alabama has 264 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 1 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is iron, with 50 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.
All Mines in Cherokee County
| Mine | Commodity | Type | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Arrington Pit | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Asbury Prospect 1 | Aluminum | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Baker Hill | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Baker Hill Mines | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Barfield Bauxite Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bluffton Mines | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Bluffton Mines | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Bobo Pit | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Bogan Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bust-Up Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Bustup | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Carr Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Cash Mines No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Cedar Bluff Rock Products #1 | Lime | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Central Rock Run Area | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Che 6 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Che 7 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Che 9 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Cherokee County | Underground | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Cherokee County Pit #1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Cherokee Mine | Coal (Bituminous) | Underground | Abandoned and Sealed | MSHA |
| Cherokee Pit No 1 | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Cherokee Site | Clay, Ceramic, Refractory Mnls. | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Congo Deposit | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Culpepper Chert Pit | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Cunliff Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Daughdrill Prospect-Rock Run A. | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Davis Property | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Dockage | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Dupont | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| E.a. Jones Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Ellis Brothers Quarry | Crushed, Broken Sandstone | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Emerson Pit | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Emmett Sharpe Iron Property | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Erwin Brown Ore Pit | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Erwin Pit | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Estes Prospect | Aluminum | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Frank Gillum Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Frog Mountain | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Gaines Hill Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Garvin Prospect | Aluminum | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Gaylesville Area | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Gaylord M Leslie Bauxite Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Gilley Fluorspar Deposit | Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Gilley Fluorspar Deposit | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Gorman Prospects | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Goshen Valley Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Harbour Property | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Harbour and Thompson Prospects | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Hite Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Howell Prospect | Aluminum | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Hughes Deposit | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Hughes Deposits | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Hughes Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Indian Dyke Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| J A Pilgrim Iron Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Johnson Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Jones Deposit | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Klondike Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Lewis Prospect | Aluminum | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Little River Area | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Lumpkin | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Lumpkin Mill | Common Shale | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| McClung Bank | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Monahan | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Monahan Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Mundy Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Murnaghan Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Neddie Parker Property | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| New Dyke Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| North Rock Run Area | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| North of Bluffington Deposits | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Northeastern Alababa | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Old Dyke Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Old and New Stewart Prospects | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Palmer Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Palmer Deposit | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Parker Deposit | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Pine Cut Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Pittman Prospect | Aluminum | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Pope Hughes | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Pope-Brittain | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Pope-Brittain Deposit | Manganese | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Pope-Brittain Deposits-Britton P | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Pope-Huges Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Pope-Hughes Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Price Rowland Deposit | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Price-Rowland Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Price-Rowland Prospect | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| R. Stockdale Property | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Red Cut Prospect | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Red Washer Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Rilgrim Land Area | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rock Run Deposits | Surface-Underground | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Rock Run Distr-C | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rock Run Distr.-B | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rock Run-A | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rock Run-Goshen Ala. | Kaolin, Aluminum | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Round Mountain Mine | Iron | Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Round Mt. Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rumsey Old Houses | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Rumsey and Lee Prospects 1 and 2 | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Sid Hart Property | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Sidhart | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Site Rr 1 Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Site Rr 2 Prospect | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Site Rr 4 Prospect | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Smith Iron Deposits | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Smith Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Snyder Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| State Line Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Stimpson | Coal (Bituminous) | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Stock Property | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Stonewall | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Stubbs Hill Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Thompson Property | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Tierce Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Toll Property,goshen Valley | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Tomahawk Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Unknown, Frog Mt & Weems Bank | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Unknown, Mills Creek Area | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
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| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
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| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Unnamed, Craig Mt & Frog Mt. | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| W. L. Moore Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| W.c. Pope Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wallace Prospect | Aluminum | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Warhoop | Surface | Unknown | MRDS | |
| Warwhoop Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Washer Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| West Rock Run Area | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Wilder Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Wilson Mine | Aluminum | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Wirt Hill | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wood Property | Aluminum | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Woodward Hollow Prospects 1 | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Wright Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |