Mine detail: Taits Gap Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 33.97514, -86.40415

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite
Gangue: Chert
Orebody form: IRREGULAR POCKETS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1956
Last production ended: 1968

Geology

Host rock:Copper Ridge Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite
Tectonic:Anticline

References

MRDSW030755
DEP10079967
Reference{Deposit:: GIBBSON, A.M. 1893, GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF MURPHREES VALLEY ITS MINERALS AND OTHER MATERIALS OF ECONOMIC VALUE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. REPT 4, P 89-105}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR, 1981, BROWN IRON ORES OF NORTH ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.