Mine detail: Columbiana Red Ore Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.22183, -86.56498

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Weisner Quartzite;Red Mountain
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Faulting
Tectonic:	Fault Block

References

MRDS	W031556
DEP	10080420
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1940, DESCRIPTION OF THE MONTEVALLO AND COLUMBIANA QUADRANGLES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 226.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1981, ALABAMA RED IRON ORES: ALABAMA GEOL. OPEN FILE REPT.}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.