Mine detail: Spaulding Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.46765, -86.84166

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1886

Geology

Host rock:Red Mountain
Host type:Sandstone
Tectonic:Se Limb Anticline

References

MRDSW031557
DEP10080421
Reference{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F., AND BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BULL. 900, P63-65.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1981, ALABAMA RED IRON ORE; ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.