Mine detail: Stone Hill Mine

Previously called 'Woods Copper MineLewison Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.49485, -85.45495

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Other material: Alabandite, Amphibole, Azurite, Biotite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Garnet, Hornblende, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1874

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1874

Geology

References

MRDSW101809
MAS10290004
DEP10208635
Reference{Deposit:: MACNAMARA, E. J., ET AL, 1930 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS ON THE S}{Deposit:: HILL COPPER MINE, ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE.}{Deposit:: PALLISTER, H. D., AND THOENEN,J.R., USBM RI 4221, 1948}{Deposit:: TOUMEY,M., SECOND BIENNIAL REPT. ON THE GEOLOGY OF ALA., 185}{Deposit:: WEED, W. H., TYPES OF CU DEP.S IN SE. US., AIME TRANS., VOL3}{Deposit:: JONES, W.B., ALA. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 28, 1926.}{Deposit:: EPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-I, 1963.}{Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., ALA. GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 55, 1969.}{Deposit:: REFERENCE THAT FOLLOWS RELATES TO MAY 1977 UPDATE & REVIEW.}{Deposit:: US BUREAU OF MINES ,STONE HILL COPPER MINE,CLEBURNE AND RAND}{Deposit:: COUNTIES,ALA. WAR MINERALS REPORT 408,JUNE 1945,11PP.}
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