Mine detail: Bynum Mine

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Location: Etowah County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.06681, -86.31248
dep_id: 10079754
mrds_id: W030479
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Weathering
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphic
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Fort Payne Chert
hrock_type: Chert
Structure: Fold
tectonic: Valley And Ridge
disc_yr: 1876
References:
  • Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., CLARKE, O.M. JR., SMITH, W.E., SZARO, M.W., 1969 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL MAP 86.
  • Deposit:: BARNES, C.W., 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, WALNUT GROVE, ALABAMA: VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, MS THESIS, 33 P.
  • Deposit:: 1969 COMPILE AGS
  • Deposit:: 1981 RECON AGS
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