Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTOBULAR
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Red Mountain
Tectonic settingS.E. Limb Anticline
AlterationWeathered Ore Enriched By Solution Of Lime
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Identification
Deposit ID10080418
MRDS IDW031554
Alternate namesAlfretta No 1. No 2 and No. 3 Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.59098, -86.66666
References
BURCHARD, E.F. AND BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, IRON ORES FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 400, P. 56, 57.BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE BIRMINGHAM QUADRANGLE (ALABAMA): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 175.