Commodities
PrimarySilica
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlChert Exposed To Weathering During Early Cretaceous.
Geology
Host rockChert · Fort Payne Chert;Tuscumbia, Limestone
StructureSw Edge Nashville Dome
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10079879
MRDS IDW030633
Alternate namesCharles Murphy Lease
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.98484, -87.98031
References
SPAIN, E.L. JR., 1936, TRIPOLI DEPOSITS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY: AM. INST. MINING METALL. ENGINEERS TECH PUB 700, 17 P.CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1966, CLAY AND SHALE OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20-B P 7-9.1962 DIREXP C. E. JONESJONES, C.W. AND OTHERS, 1962, REPORT ON THE WATERLOO TRIPOLI DEPOSITS, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: PRIVATE REPORT, 22 P.1962 RECON ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY