Commodities
PrimaryGraphite
TertiaryMica, Vanadium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Geology
Host rockMica Schist
Associated rockPegmatite
Tectonic settingCoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10079565
MRDS IDW029531
Alternate namesCarbon Mountain and Pearless Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.34043, -85.81802
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 P.BROWN, J.S. 1925. GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND. ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V. 20 NO. 3. P. 208-248.1923 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.