Mine detail: Old Woods Copper Mine

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Location: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.51265, -85.53884
dep_id: 10079327
mrds_id: W028554
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron, Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
conc_proc: Probable Volcanic
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Poe Bridge Mtn Group
hrock_type: Amphibolite
tectonic: Coosa Block
References:
  • Deposit:: TOUMEY, MICAEL, 1858 , SECOND BIANNUAL REPORT ON GEOLOGY OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 71 - 72 , P. 113 - 115 .
  • Deposit:: TULL, J. F., 1978 , STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVARD ZONE: AM. J. SCI. V. 278 , P 442 - 460 .
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1979, MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED SULFIDES OF THE ALABAMA COPPER BELT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 13 P.
  • Deposit:: 1975 GEOCHEM ALA. GEOL. SURVE
  • Production:: FIGURES
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