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 ID10081299
MRDS IDW033307
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.87933, -85.44856
References
BEG, M.A., 1982, EVALUATION OF CERAMIC AND REFRACTORY GRADE RAW MATERIALS IN ALABAMA - GIBBSITE IN SAPROLITE OF EA-ST-CENTRAL ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT., 77P.BEG, M.A., 1983, EVALUATION OF CERAMIC AND REFRACTORY GRADE RAW MATERIALS IN ALABAMA - GIBBSITE IN SAPROLITE OF EA-ST-CENTRAL ALABAMA, PHASE II-DETAILED EVALUATION: ALABAMA GEOL-. SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT., 70P.CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1972, GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V.14, PP. 203-212.BRYANT, J.P., AND DIXON, J.B., 1964, CLAY MINERALOGY AND WEATHERING OF RED-YELLOW PODZOLIC SOIL FROM QUARTZ MICA S-CHIST IN THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT: CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS, V.12, - PP. 509-521.