Mine detail: Big Sandy Area

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.13906, -87.2878

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Calcium, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free
Other material: Clay, Hematite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1903

Geology

References

MAS11250001
DEP10160653
Reference{Deposit:: BEG, M.A., ET AL. MINERAL RESOURCES OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY,}{Deposit:: ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA. MAP 185, 1978, 78 PP.}{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F., AND C. BUTTS. IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES}{Deposit:: OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA. U.S. GEOL.}{Deposit:: SURVEY BULL. 400, 1910, 204 PP.}{Deposit:: PAULSON, Q.F., J.D. MILLER, JR., AND C.W. DRENNEN. GROUND-}{Deposit:: WATER RESOURCES AND GEOLOGY OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY,}{Deposit:: ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA. COUNTY REPORT 6, 1962,}{Deposit:: 97 PP.}{Deposit:: REED, A.J., JR. INVESTIGATION OF RED IRON ORE, WOODSTOCK}{Deposit:: AND BUCKSVILLE AREAS, ALABAMA. BUMINES RI 4981, 1953,}{Deposit:: 34 PP.}{Deposit:: SIMPSON, T.A., AND T.R. GRAY. THE BIRMINGHAM RED-ORE}{Deposit:: DISTRICT, ALABAMA. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED}{Deposit:: STATES, 1933-1967. J.D. RIDGE, ED., AIME, V. 1,}{Deposit:: NEW YORK, 1968, PP. 188-206.}{Deposit:: SIMPSON, T.A., ET AL. ASSESSMENT OF IRON ORE AVAILABILITY IN}{Deposit:: ALABAMA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN APPALACHIAN REGION.}{Deposit:: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT NO. AER-77-16114.}{Deposit:: JULY 1978, 92 PP. AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE}{Deposit:: FOUNDATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.}{Deposit:: STRASSBURGER, J.H., ET AL. (EDS.). BLAST FURNACE-THEORY AND}{Deposit:: PRACTICE. V. 1, AIME, GORDON AND BREACH SCIENCE}{Deposit:: PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, 1969, 534 PP.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. STATE OF ALABAMA, HIGHWAY MAP, 1966.}
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