Mine detail: Vance Red Ore Mines

Previously called 'Big Sandy Mines'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.13516, -87.28972

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900
Last production ended: 1972

Geology

Host rock:Red Mountain;Tuscaloosa Group
Host type:Shale,Sandstone

References

MRDSW031561
DEP10080423
Reference{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F., BUTTS, CHARLES AND ECHEL, E.C., 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 400, 198 P.}{Deposit:: SIMPSON, T.A., AND GRAY, T.R., 1970, THE BIRMINGHAM RECLORE DISTRICT, ALABAMA; IN RIDGE I.D. (ED) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1973; AIME NEW YORK.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.