Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR POCKETS
Ore controlResidual Concentration
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Copper Ridge Dolomite
Tectonic settingAnticline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1956
Last production1968
Identification
Deposit ID10079967
MRDS IDW030755
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.97514, -86.40415
References
GIBBSON, A.M. 1893, GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF MURPHREES VALLEY ITS MINERALS AND OTHER MATERIALS OF ECONOMIC VALUE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. REPT 4, P 89-105CLARKE, O.M. JR, 1981, BROWN IRON ORES OF NORTH ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE.