Mine detail: Barbour County Brown Iron Ore Deposits

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Location

Lat / long:

31.77239, -85.69996

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Manganese

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	WEATHERING RESIDUAL
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1944

Geology

References

MRDS	W030652
DEP	60001818
Reference	{Deposit:: HASTINGS, E.L., 1963, BROWN IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA, AN INTERM REPORT: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY INF SER 30, 51 P.}{Deposit:: SKRZYNEICKI, A.F., 1976, MINERAL DATA ACQUISITION, ALABAMA IRON ORES, GRANT NUMBER G0144133: ALABAMA GEOL SUR OPEN FILE, 43 P.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR. AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF BARBOUR COUNTY ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY MAP 32.}