Mine detail: Chambers County Gibbsite Prospect

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Location: Chambers County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.95849, -85.25827
dep_id: 10089739
mrds_id: W029022
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gibbsite, Kaolinite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
conc_proc: Lateritic Weathering
ore_ctrl: Drainage
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Dadeville Belt
hrock_type: Gneiss
disc_yr: 1977
discr: O.M. Clarke Jr
References:
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1972, GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V. 14, NO 4, P 203-212.
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1977, INVESTIGATION OF SAPROLITE, A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ALUMINA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 14 P.
  • Deposit:: 1977 RECON AG
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