Mine detail: Vance Red Ore Mines

Previously called 'Big Sandy Mines'

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Location: Tuscaloosa, Bibb County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.13516, -87.28972
dep_id: 10080423
mrds_id: W031561
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Red Mountain;Tuscaloosa Group
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Year first produced: 1900
yr_lst_prd: 1972
References:
  • 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.
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