Commodities
PrimaryGraphite
TertiaryMica, Vanadium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGraphite, Muscovite, Roscoelite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist · Wedowee Group Graphitic Units
Associated rockPegmatite
StructureCoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1898
Identification
Deposit ID10079763
MRDS IDW030490
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.90072, -86.39109
References
BROWN, J.S., 1925, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND, ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V 20, NO 3, 208-248 PPALLISTER, H.D., AND THOENEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE-GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV 4336, 84 P.1923 RECON ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES