Mine detail: Bowden Grove Manganese Prospect

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Location: Clay County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.28765, -85.85413
dep_id: 10096525
mrds_id: W028556
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrolusite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
conc_proc: Lateritization
ore_ctrl: Uplands Drainage
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_type: Mica Schist
tectonic: Coosa Fault Block
References:
  • Deposit:: TULL, J. F., 1978 , STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NORTHWEST OF THE BREVARD ZONE: AM. JOUR. SCH. V. 278 , P. 442 - 460
  • Deposit:: 1919 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: 1975 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: PROUTY, W. F., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPT. 1 , P. 68 - 71 .
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