Mine detail: Leeds Brown Iron Ore Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 33.54321, -86.52915

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite
Gangue: Chert
Orebody form: POCKETS, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Tuscumbia Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Se Limb Anticline

References

MRDSW031017
DEP10080060
Reference{Deposit:: CASTLEMAN, J.W., 1899, BROWN IRON ORE MINES NEAR LEEDS, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY: ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL AND SCI. JOUR. PROC. V. 9, P. 13-10.}{Deposit:: PORTER, J.B., 1887, THE IRON ORES AND COALS OF ALABAMA GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE:TRANSACTION AM. INST. MINING ENGINEERS V 15 P 170-217.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.