Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Red Mountain
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1887
Last production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10106205
MRDS IDW031552
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.56265, -86.69721
References
BURCHARD, E.F., AND BUTTS, CHARLES, 1910, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT, ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 400, P58-59.CRANE, W.R., 1926, RED IRON ORE AND FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONES OF THE CLINTON FORMATION IN THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES TECH. PAPER 377, 28 P.