Commodities
PrimaryGraphite
TertiaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGraphite, Muscovite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist
Associated rockPegmatite
StructureCoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1921
Identification
Deposit ID10079764
MRDS IDW030491
Alternate namesAlabama Flake Graphite Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.26598, -85.92302
References
BROWN, J.S., 1925, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND, ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V 20, NO 3, 208-248 P.PROUTY, W. F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GRAPHITE INDUSTRY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPT. 12, 190 P.1923 RECON ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINESPALLISTER, 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 4366, 84 P.