Mine detail: Ironaton Brown Ore Mine

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Location: Talladega County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.42376, -85.6444
dep_id: 10080059
mrds_id: W031016
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Goethite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Karst
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Chepultepec Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Faulting, Overthrust
yr_lst_prd: 1944
References:
  • Deposit:: MCCALLEY, HENRY, 1897, THE VALLEY REGIONS OF ALABAMA, PART 2 THE COOSA VALLEY REGION: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. REPT. 9, 862 P.
  • Deposit:: BROWN,ANDREW, 1948, NORTH ALABAMA BROWN IRON ORES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4229, 82 P.
  • Deposit:: ARMES, ETHEL, 1910, THE STORY OF COAL AND IRON IN ALABAMA: THE CHAMBER OF COMMERSE, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 581 P.
  • Reserve-Resource:: JACK MORRIS - JIM WALTERS RESOURCES - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION-1981
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