Commodities
PrimaryGraphite
SecondaryVanadium
TertiaryMica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGraphite, Muscovite, Roscoelite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist
Associated rockPegmatite
StructureNormal Faults Of Two To Three Feet Displacement In The Pits.
Tectonic settingCoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Identification
Deposit ID10079560
MRDS IDW029525
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.29348, -85.87496
References
PROUTY, W. F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOL. SURVEY SPEC. REPT. 12, 190 P1923 RECON AGS1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUR. OF MINESPALLISTER, H. D. AND THOENEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA:U.S. BUR. OF MINES REPT. INV 4366, 84 P.