Mine detail: Price-Rowland Prospect

Previously called 'Gorman'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.02014, -85.43162

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Cobalt, Iron
Ore:	Wad
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1938

Geology

Host rock:	Wisner Quartzite;Shady Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Tectonic:	Valley And Ridge

References

MRDS	W029516
DEP	10079554
Reference	{Deposit:: PIERCE, W.G., 1944, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 940-J, P 265-285}{Deposit:: 1944 RECON PIERCE, 1944}{Deposit:: WYNDHAM, C.E., 1953, INVESTIGATION OF ALABAMA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES, ALA.: U.S. BUR MINES REPT INV 4976, 38 P.}{Deposit:: 1953 DIREXPL USBM}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.