Mine detail: Milltown Pluton

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Location: Chambers County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.02516, -85.47523
dep_id: 10079964
mrds_id: W030749
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Plagioclase, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
arock_unit: Milltown Pluton
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: PROFFITT, J.R. III, 1975, THE PETROGRAPHY AND PETROGENESIS OF THE MILLTOWN PLUTON-CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA; MASTER OF SCI. THESIS. MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY 69 P.
  • Deposit:: BENTLEY, R.D., AND NEATHERY, T.L., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE BREVARD FAULT ZONE AND RELATED ROCKS OF THE INNER PIEDMONT OF ALABAMA: UNIVERSITY, ALA., ALABAMA GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 8TH ANN. FIELD TRIP., P. 1-80
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