Mine detail: Waste Pond North River Mine

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Location: Fayette County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.61959, -87.60834
dep_id: 10079471
mrds_id: W029027
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Illite, Kaolinite
ore_ctrl: Swamp Sedimentary
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Pottsville Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
tectonic: Warrior Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: KEALY, DAN, AND OTHERS, 1976, THOSE WASTE BANKS COULD BE SOURCES FOR FUEL, ALUMINA: COAL MINING AND PROCESSING, V. 13 NO 8, P 46-49.
  • Deposit:: COHEN, JOSEPH AND MERCIER, HENRI, 1976, RECOVERY OF ALUMINA FROM NON-BAUXITE ALUMINUM-BEARING RAW MATERIALS: METALLURGICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS PREPRINT A76-28, 18 P.
  • Deposit:: 1976 RECON AGS AND PECHINEY IN
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