Mine detail: Ironaton Brown Ore Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 33.42376, -85.6444

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Goethite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1944

Geology

Host rock:Chepultepec Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Faulting, Overthrust

References

MRDSW031016
DEP10080059
Reference{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}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.