Mine detail: Diamond Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.02766, -86.21164

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1919

Geology

Host rock:	Wedowee Group Graphitic Units
Host type:	Mica Schist
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Coosa Block

References

MRDS	W030488
DEP	10079762
Reference	{Deposit:: BROWN, J.S., 1925, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND, ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V 20, NO 3, 208-248 P}{Deposit:: 1923 RECON ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: PALLISTER, H.D., AND THOENEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE-GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV 4366, 84 P.}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.