Mine detail: SE Alabama Iron District

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Location: Coffee County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.4137, -86.06685
dep_id: 10400294
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Goethite, Siderite
gangue: Quartz, Feldspar, Calcite, Pyrolusite, Manganite
Reporter: Godesky, Douglas J.
Year first produced: 1929
prod_yrs: 1929 - Butler County; 1939 - Crenshaw County; 1940 - Pike County
References:
  • Copeland, C.W., Geology of the Alabama Coastal Plain, A Guidebook; Geological Survey of Alabama Circular 47, 1968, 97 p.
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