Mine detail: Wilcox Kaolin Belt

Previously called 'Tishomingo Pit'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.54652, -89.17946

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free
Other material: Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Mica, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year: 1887

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MAS281450001
DEP10292366
Reference{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES I.C.8335 1967}{Deposit:: CONANT L.C. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-B 1965}{Deposit:: COULTER DON M. BUMINES R.I. 4235 1948}{Deposit:: KERN MARSHALL K. MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 97 PP. 9-22}{Deposit:: MELLEN FREDERIC FRANCIS MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 86 19}{Deposit:: OVERSTREET F.F. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-A 1964}{Deposit:: REED DONALD F. BUMINES R.I. 4281 1948}{Deposit:: REED DONALD F. BUMINES R.I. 4827 1952}{Deposit:: TOURTELOT H.A. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-C 1964}{Deposit:: PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES IC 8648 1974}
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