Mine detail: Grimes Iron Ore Mine

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Location: Coosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.06544, -86.29441
dep_id: 10080056
mrds_id: W031013
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: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Weathering And Lateritization
ore_ctrl: Pyrite And Chlorite In Schist
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Unity Group
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Amphibolite
Year first produced: 1932
yr_lst_prd: 1935
References:
  • 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.
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