Mine detail: Wesson Manganese Mine

Previously called 'Big Grunt Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.20849, -86.2958

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Gangue:	Goethite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1918

Geology

Host rock:	Knox Group
Host type:	Dolomite
Tectonic:	Valley And Ridge

References

MRDS	W030645
DEP	10097465
Reference	{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1980, MANGANESE RESOURCES IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE}{Deposit:: 1924 DIREXPL D A ODEN}{Deposit:: 1931 DIREXPL BUSH AND COX}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.