Mine detail: Thigpen Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.18268, -84.08131

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Aluminum
Other material: Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1941

Geology

References

MAS132610002
DEP10265754
Reference{Deposit:: BECK WILLIAM H BUMINES REPT OF INV 4568 1948}{Deposit:: BURKE CHS D SUPT AM CYNAMID CO GA FIELD TRIP NOV 13-14 1974}{Deposit:: ZAPP ALFRED D. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-G 1965}{Reserve-Resource:: RICHARDSON, JOEL B. HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT. U.S. DEPT. OF}{Reserve-Resource:: INT., BUREAU OF MINES, SEPT. 15, 1971.}{Reserve-Resource:: STAFF U.S.B.M. POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ALUMINUM. U.S. DEPT. OF}{Reserve-Resource:: INT., BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 8335,}{Reserve-Resource:: 1967, P. 48.}
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