Mine detail: Coosa-Chilton District

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Location: Chilton, Coosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.93346, -86.29997
dep_id: 60001810
mrds_id: W030486
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite
Minor mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: BEDDED
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
conc_proc: SEDIMENTATION AND METAMORPHISM
Structure: COOSA BLOCK
References:
  • Deposit:: BROWN, J.S., 1925, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V 20, NO 3, 208-248 P.
  • Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152.
  • Deposit:: PALLISTER, H.D., AND THOEHEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4366, 84 P.
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