Mine detail: Gilley Fluorspar Deposit

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Location: Cherokee County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.99181, -85.69718
dep_id: 10079475
mrds_id: W029032
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Conasauga Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Faulting, Fractures
disc_yr: 1900
discr: J C Gilley
References:
  • Deposit:: OBSERVATIO
  • Deposit:: 1950 DIREXPL US BUREAU OF MINES
  • Deposit:: *EILL, J.F., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF GILLEY FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4660, 6 P.
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