Mine detail: Pocahontas Mine

Previously called 'Alabama Flake Graphite Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.26598, -85.92302

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1921

Geology

Host type:Mica Schist
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Coosa Block

References

MRDSW030491
DEP10079764
Reference{Deposit:: BROWN, J.S., 1925, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND, ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V 20, NO 3, 208-248 P.}{Deposit:: PROUTY, W. F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPT. 12, 190 P.}{Deposit:: 1923 RECON ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU 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. BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV 4366, 84 P.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.