Mine detail: White Hollow

Previously called 'Mccorkle Prospect'

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Location: Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.00567, -87.98059
dep_id: 10096545
mrds_id: W030632
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Tripoli
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
conc_proc: Intense Leaching Of Chert Derived From Fort Payne Chert
ore_ctrl: Chert Exposed To Weathering During Early Cretaceous.
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Fort Payne Chert;Tugcumbia Limestone
hrock_type: Chert
Structure: Sw Edge Nashville Dome
References:
  • Deposit:: SPAIN, E.L. JR., 1936, TRIPOLI DEPOSITS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY: AM. INST. MINING METALL. ENGINEERS TECH PUB 700, 17 P.
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1966, CLAY AND SHALE OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20-B P 7-9.
  • Deposit:: 1962 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: JONES, C.W. AND OTHERS, 1962, REPORT ON THE WATERLOO TRIPOLI DEPOSITS, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE; PRIVATE REPORT, 22 P.
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