Mine detail: Old Lead Mine

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Location: Calhoun County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.82097, -85.84024
dep_id: 10079321
mrds_id: W028545
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Zinc, Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
alteration: Limestone Recrystallized
Reporter: Cofield, Steven E.
hrock_unit: Longview Limestone;Newala Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Large Fault Blocks And Large Scale Thrust Faults, Faults And Fractures
Year first produced: 1860
References:
  • Deposit:: NEATHERY, T. L., CLARKE, O. M. JR., SMITH, E. W., SZABO, M. W., AND WHITE, D. H. JR., 1972 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 81 P. 23 .
  • Deposit:: HUGHES, T. H. AND LYNCH, R. E., 1973 , BARITE IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 85 P. 40 .
  • Deposit:: EHINGER, R.F., 1964, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE ANGEL DISTRICT, ANGEL, ALABAMA: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL PRIVATE
  • Deposit:: 1964 GEOCHEM UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
  • Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE AGS
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