Mine detail: Chattahoochee River Gravel

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Location: Russell County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.39046, -84.98411
dep_id: 10079770
mrds_id: W030497
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Trace mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Ilmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: River Channel
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Alluvium
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Deposit:: SZABO, M. W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA, A SUMMARY REPORT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC 44, 41P
  • Deposit:: 1967 RECON ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • Deposit:: 1970 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
  • Deposit:: DAVIS, E. G., AND SULLIVAN, G. V., 1970, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV 7517, 38P.
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