Mine detail: Alfretta Mines

Previously called 'Alfretta No 1. No 2 and No. 3 Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.59098, -86.66666

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite
Orebody form:	TOBULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1903

Geology

Host rock:	Red Mountain
Host type:	Sandstone
Tectonic:	S.E. Limb Anticline
Alteration processes:	Weathered Ore Enriched By Solution Of Lime

References

MRDS	W031554
DEP	10080418
Reference	{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F. AND BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, IRON ORES FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 400, P. 56, 57.}{Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE BIRMINGHAM QUADRANGLE (ALABAMA): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 175.}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.