Mine detail: Grimes Iron Ore Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.06544, -86.29441

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1932
Last production ended: 1935

Geology

Host rock:Unity Group
Host type:Schist
Associated type:Amphibolite

References

MRDSW031013
DEP10080056
Reference{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M.JR. 1981, GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF BROWN IRON ORES IN THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT: OPEN FILE ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1970, GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING IN GOSSANS AND LATERITE SOIL IN ALABAMA U.S.A.: UNESCO.SECOND SEMINAR OR GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING 13 P.}{Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.