Mine detail: Crenshaw County Brown Iron Ore Deposits

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Location

Lat / long:

31.70849, -86.35828

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Manganese

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	WEATHERING RESIDUAL
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939

Geology

Structure:

MINOR LOCAL FAULTING AND SLUMPING

References

MRDS	W030650
DEP	60001816
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, W E, AND HASTINGS, E L, 1964, BROWN IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN PIKE, CRENSHAW, AND BUTLER COUNTIES, ALABAMA: AN INTERIM REPORT: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY INF SER 34, 38 P.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR. AND OTHERS, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL. SURV. MAP 43.}