Mine detail: Champion Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.94181, -86.44165

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Goethite
Gangue: Chert
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host rock:Copper Ridge Dolomite;Chepultepec Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Anticline

References

MRDSW030756
DEP10089750
Reference{Deposit:: GIBBSON, A.M., 1893, GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF MURPHREES VALLEY AND ITS MINERALS AND OTHER MATERIALS OF ECONOMIC VALUE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPEC. REPT 4, P 89-105.}{Deposit:: CHAPMAN, H.H., 1953, THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTH: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS. UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA, P 42-44.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.