Mine detail: Beckham Hollow Tripoli

Previously called 'Charles Murphy Lease'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.98484, -87.98031

Resource(M)

Primary: Silica
Ore: Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Fort Payne Chert;Tuscumbia, Limestone
Host type:Chert
Structure:Sw Edge Nashville Dome

References

MRDSW030633
DEP10079879
Reference{Deposit:: SPAIN, E.L. JR., 1936, TRIPOLI DEPOSITS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY: AM. INST. MINING METALL. ENGINEERS TECH PUB 700, 17 P.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1966, CLAY AND SHALE OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20-B P 7-9.}{Deposit:: 1962 DIREXP C. E. JONES}{Deposit:: JONES, C.W. AND OTHERS, 1962, REPORT ON THE WATERLOO TRIPOLI DEPOSITS, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: PRIVATE REPORT, 22 P.}{Deposit:: 1962 RECON ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.