Mine detail: Hughes Deposits

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Location: Cherokee County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.97708, -85.50939
dep_id: 10079759
mrds_id: W030484
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Wad
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Weathering
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphic
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Copper Ridge Dolomite, Knox Group;Conasauga Limestone
hrock_type: Dolomite
tectonic: Valley & Ridge
References:
  • Deposit:: PIERCE, W.G., 1944, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 940-J, 265-285 P.
  • Deposit:: CLOUD, P.E. JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCK RUN AND GOSHEN VALLEY AREAS, NORTHEAST ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1199-N, 74 P.
  • Deposit:: WYNDHAM, C.E., 1953, INVESTIGATION OF ALABAMA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4976, 38 P.
  • Deposit:: 1944 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: 1951 DIREXPL USBM
  • Deposit:: 1980 RECON AGS
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