Mine detail: Columbiana Red Ore Prospect

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Location: Shelby County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.22183, -86.56498
dep_id: 10080420
mrds_id: W031556
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Weisner Quartzite;Red Mountain
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: Faulting
tectonic: Fault Block
References:
  • 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.
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