Mine detail: Pike County Brown Iron Ore Deposits

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Location

Lat / long:

31.71689, -85.94996

Resource(M)

Primary:

Iron

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	WEATHERING RESIDUAL
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1940

Geology

Structure:

GENTLE FOLDING; NO FAULTING IS EVIDENT IN THIS AREA., DIP SOUTH 4 TO 8 M/KM

References

MRDS	W030651
DEP	60001817
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, W E, AND HASTINGS, E L, 1964, BROWN IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN PIKE, CRENSHAW AND BUTLER COUNTIES, ALABAMA, AN INTERM REPORT: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY INF SERIES 34, 38 P.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M., AND OTHERS, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF PIKE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY MAP 44.}