Mine detail: Boyd Pit

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Location: Chilton County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.7335, -86.44165
dep_id: 10079898
mrds_id: W030656
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Higgins Ferry
hrock_type: Mica Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: TULL, J F, 1978, STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVARD ZONE: AM JOUR SCI V 278, P 442-460.
  • Deposit:: PALLISTER, H P AND THOENEN J R, 1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY. COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALA: US BUR MINES REPT INV 4366, 84 P.
  • Deposit:: BROWN, ANDREW, 1948, NORTH ALABAMA BROWN IRON ORES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4229, 82 P.
  • Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL US BUREAU OF MINES
  • Deposit:: 1981 RECON AGS
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