Mine detail: Whitehead

Previously called 'Belcher'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.76909, -85.29245

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Water, Free
Other material: Bauxite, Kaolinite
Discovery year: 1942

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

References

MAS10050006
DEP10233074
Reference{Deposit:: PHONE CONTACT 07-14-80 STATUS=MINED OUT}{Deposit:: ALLEN S. A., 1949, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4521, 85 P.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1966, ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 61, NO. 5, P. 903}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1972, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 100, 90}{Deposit:: NEWTON J. C., 1965, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 33.}{Deposit:: NEWTON J. C., 1968, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 70.}{Deposit:: TYRRELL, M. E., AND CLARKE, O. M.JR., ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY C}{Deposit:: WARREN, W. C., AND CLARK, L. D., 1965, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BU}{Deposit:: 9-E, 31 P.}{Deposit:: MSHA INSP. 10/20/81}{Deposit:: MSHA LIST 5/18/81}{Deposit:: RCF AND CMS ID DIFFERS ON 10/81 LIST (0100530)}
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