Alabama · Etowah County
Occurrence

Black Warrior River Manganese Pros.

Etowah County, Alabama, United States
Manganese
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite, Wad
Geology
Host rockChert · Fort Payne Chert
Tectonic settingValley And Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10093810
MRDS IDW030648
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.16541, -85.95413
References
BARNES, C.W., 1946, GEOLOGY OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS, WALNUT GROVE, ALABAMA: VIRGINIA UNIV. MASTERS THESIS, 33 P.PIERCE, W.G., 1944, COBALT BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: US GEOL SURVEY BULL 940, 265-285 P.1980 RECON AGSCLARKE, O M JR, 1980, MANGANESE RESOURCES IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY OPEN FILE