Mine detail: Gilley Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.99181, -85.69718

Resource(N)

Primary: Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Calcite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Conasauga Formation
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Faulting, Fractures

References

MRDSW029032
DEP10079475
Reference{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.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.