Mine detail: Bluffton Mines

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Location: Cherokee County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.0057, -85.45967
dep_id: 10079965
mrds_id: W030751
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Goethite
gangue: Chert
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR - IN POCHETS
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Weisner Quartzite;Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Sandstone,Dolomite
Structure: Faulting
Year first produced: 1873
yr_lst_prd: 1956
References:
  • Deposit:: BOWLES, EDGAR, 1941, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 15, 38 P
  • Deposit:: PORTER, J.B., 1887, THE IRON ORES AND COALS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: TRANSACTIONS AM. INST MINING ENGINEERS V. 15, P. 170-217.
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