Mine detail: Abel Gap Iron Ore Mine

Previously called 'Kyle-Mckelroy and Verge-York PropertiesWade Tract'

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Location: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.52237, -85.73052
dep_id: 10080055
mrds_id: W031011
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Goethite
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Weathering And Lateritization
ore_ctrl: Pyrite Seams In Phyllite
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Talladega Group
hrock_type: Phyllite
References:
  • Deposit:: HUDDLE, J.W., 1941, BROWN IRON ORE OF THE CHULAFINNEE DISTRICT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR 17, 15 P.
  • Deposit:: PROUTY, W.F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPT 1, 190 P.
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O. M. JR, 1981, GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF BROWN IRON ORES IN THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT: OPEN FILE, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
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