Mine detail: Coosa Gibbsite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

32.85846, -86.18327

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Discovery year:	1960

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LATERITE
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

References

MRDS	W028569
DEP	60001783
Reference	{Deposit:: CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1972 , GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY V 14 , NO 4 , P. 203 - 212 .}{Deposit:: NEATHERY, T. L., 1977 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152 .}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1977, INVESTIGATION OF SAPROLITE, A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ALUMINA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 14 P.}