Mine detail: National Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.29348, -85.87496

Resource(B)

Primary:	Graphite
Secondary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Mica
Ore:	Graphite, Muscovite, Roscoelite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host type:	Mica Schist
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Normal Faults Of Two To Three Feet Displacement In The Pits.
Tectonic:	Coosa Block

References

MRDS	W029525
DEP	10079560
Reference	{Deposit:: PROUTY, W. F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOL. SURVEY SPEC. REPT. 12, 190 P}{Deposit:: 1923 RECON AGS}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUR. OF MINES}{Deposit:: PALLISTER, H. D. AND THOENEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA:U.S. BUR. OF MINES REPT. INV 4366, 84 P.}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.