Mine detail: Central Clay County Gibbsite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 33.31682, -85.89996

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum, Manganese
Ore: Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Pyrolusite
Orebody form: BLANKET
Discovery year: 1977

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Mica Schist,Migmatite
Tectonic:Coosa Block

References

MRDSW029025
DEP10079469
Reference{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}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.