Mine detail: Epps - Goodwater Area

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Location:	Coosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long:	33.08346, -86.07077
dep_id:	10136234
mas_id:	10370051
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Graphite
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Past Producer
other_matl:	Feldspar, Garnet, Graphite, Hornblende, Mica, Pyrite, Quartz, Sillimanite
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	T J M
Year first produced:	1917
disc_yr:	1865
References:	Deposit:: CAMERON, E.N., AND P.L. WEISS. STRATEGIC GRAPHITE - A Deposit:: SURVEY. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-E, 1960, Deposit:: PP. 250-252, 260-303. Deposit:: CLEMMER, J.B., R.W. SMITH, H.B. CLEMMONS, AND H.R. STACEY. Deposit:: FLOTATION OF WEATHERED ALABAMA GRAPHITIC SCHISTS FOR Deposit:: CRUCIBLE FLAKE. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULL. 49, Deposit:: 1941, 101 PP. Deposit:: GISLER, H.J. ALABAMA FLAKE GRAPHITE COMPANY. DENVER Deposit:: EQUIPMENT COMPANY BULL. M4-B34, 8 PP. Deposit:: JONES, W.B. SUMMARY REPORT ON GRAPHITE IN ALABAMA. GEOL. Deposit:: SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRC. NO. 9, 1929, 26 PP. Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., AND J.W. REYNOLDS. STRATIGRAPHY AND Deposit:: METAMORPHISM OF THE WEDOWEE GROUP: A RECONNAISSANCE. Deposit:: AM. J. SCI., V. 273, OCTOBER 1973, PP. 723-741. Deposit:: PALLISTER, H.D., AND J.R. THOENEN. FLAKE-GRAPHITE AND Deposit:: VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON Deposit:: COUNTIES, ALABAMA. BUMINES RI 4366, 1948, 81 PP. Deposit:: TAGGART, A.F. HANDBOOK OF MINERAL DRESSING. JOHN WILEY & Deposit:: SONS, INC., NEW YORK, 1945, PP. 3-38 TO 3-40. Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM EXPLORA- Deposit:: TION CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA. Deposit:: BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPORT 335, 1944, 34 PP.