Mine detail: Central Clay County Gibbsite Prospect

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Location: Clay County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.31682, -85.89996
dep_id: 10079469
mrds_id: W029025
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Pyrolusite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
conc_proc: Lateritic Weathering
ore_ctrl: Drainage
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_type: Mica Schist,Migmatite
tectonic: Coosa Block
disc_yr: 1977
discr: O.M. Clarke, Jr
References:
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1972, GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY. V. 14, NO. 4, P 203-212
  • Deposit:: PROUTY, W.F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPT 1, 190 P.
  • Deposit:: TULL, J.F., 1978, STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NORTHWEST OF THE BREVARD ZONE: AM. JOUR. SCI. V. 278, P 442-460
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1977, INVESTIGATION OF SAPROLITE, A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ALUMINA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 14 P.
  • Deposit:: 1977 RECON AG
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