Mine detail: Ruffner Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.56265, -86.69721

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1887
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Red Mountain
Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSW031552
DEP10106205
Reference{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F., AND BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 400, P58-59.}{Deposit:: CRANE, W.R., 1926, RED IRON ORE AND FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONES OF THE CLINTON FORMATION IN THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES TECH. PAPER 377, 28 P.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.