Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryManganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlKarst
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Copper Ridge Dolomite;Chepultepec Dolomite
StructureAnticline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Last production1945
Identification
Deposit ID10089750
MRDS IDW030756
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.94181, -86.44165
References
GIBBSON, A.M., 1893, GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF MURPHREES VALLEY AND ITS MINERALS AND OTHER MATERIALS OF ECONOMIC VALUE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPEC. REPT 4, P 89-105.CHAPMAN, H.H., 1953, THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTH: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS. UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA, P 42-44.