Mine detail: Ruffner Mine

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Location: Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.56265, -86.69721
dep_id: 10106205
mrds_id: W031552
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Red Mountain
hrock_type: Sandstone
Year first produced: 1887
yr_lst_prd: 1955
References:
  • 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.
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