Mine detail: Chambers County Gibbsite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

32.95849, -85.25827

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Gibbsite, Kaolinite
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1977

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Dadeville Belt
Host type:	Gneiss

References

MRDS	W029022
DEP	10089739
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.