Mines in Cherokee County, Alabama
264Total
1Active
Cherokee County, Alabama has 264 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA. 1 are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is iron, with 50 sites.
By Status
Unknown · 103Past Producer · 75Occurrence · 40Prospect · 34Abandoned · 10Producer · 1Abandoned and Sealed · 1
Top Commodities
Iron · 50Aluminum · 43Manganese · 10Coal (Bituminous) · 6Clay · 3Manganese, Iron · 2Iron, Manganese · 2Sand and Gravel, Construction · 1
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Active Mines in Cherokee County
| Mine | Operator | Commodity | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County Hwy. Dept. | — | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Surface | Producer |
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 | |
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| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
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| 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 |