Mine detail: Nesbitt Lake Manganese Prospect

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Location: Calhoun County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.85764, -85.78079
dep_id: 10079892
mrds_id: W030649
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrolusite, Wad
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Leaching Of Limestone Containing Manganese And Manganese Precipitation
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Fort Payne Chert
hrock_type: Chert
Structure: Thrust Fault
tectonic: Valley And Ridge
disc_yr: 1980
discr: O M Clarke Jr
References:
  • Deposit:: BARNES, C W, 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, WALNUT GROVE, ALABAMA: VIRGINIA UNIV MASTERS THESIS, 33 P.
  • Deposit:: PIERCE, W.G., 1944, COBALT BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: US GEOL SURVEY BULL 940, 265-285 P.
  • Deposit:: 1980 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O M JR, 1980, MANGANESE RESOURCES IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE
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