Description
Alabama Geological Survey
Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
SecondaryClay
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBauxite, Gibbsite
GangueKaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1982
Identification
Deposit ID10081298
MRDS IDW033306
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.86822, -85.46662
References
BEG, M.A., 1982, EVALUATION OF CERAMIC AND REFRACTORY GRADE RAW MATERIALS IN ALABAMA: GIBBSITE IN SAPROLITE OF EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT. 77 P.BEG, M.A., 1983: EVALUATION OF CERAMIC AND REFRACTORY GRADE RAW MATERIALS IN ALABAMA: GIBBSITE IN SAPROLITES OF EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA: PHASE II DETAILED EVALUATION: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT. 70 P.CLARK, O.M., 1972, GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOL. V. 14, PP. 203-212BRYANT, J.P., AND DIXON J.B., 1964, CLAY MINERALOGY AND WEATHERING OF RED YELLOW PODZOLIC SOIL FROM QUARTZ MICA SCHIST IN THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT: CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS, V. 12, PP 509-521