Mine detail: Alcoa Bauxite Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

34.54179, -92.49183

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Bauxite
Gangue:	Anatase, Boehmite, Gibbsite, Ilmenite, Rutile, Sphene
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENTICULAR, LENSES
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1898

Geology

Host rock:	Berger
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Quartz Syenite,Nepheline Syenite,Plutonic Rock

References

MRDS	W031821
DEP	10111556
Reference	U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 299
Reporter	Ford, Patti L. (Orris, Greta J.)