Mine detail: Russellville Brown Iron Ore Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

34.50013, -87.75002

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Discovery year:	1818

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	CHEMICAL SEDIMENT AND WEATHERING RESIDUAL
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1818
Last production ended:	1974

Geology

References

MRDS	W030681
DEP	60001823
Reference	{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F., 1960, RUSSELLVILLE BROWN IRON ORE DISTRICT FRANKLIN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 70, 96 P.}{Deposit:: CHAFFIN, H.S. JR., 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 114.}{Deposit:: BROWN, ANDREW, 1948, NORTH ALABAMA BROWN IRON ORES: U.S. BUR MINES REPT. INV. 4229, P. 44-49.}