Commodities
TertiaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAlabandite, Amphibole, Azurite, Biotite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Garnet, Hornblende, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1874
Discovery year1874
Identification
Deposit ID10208635
MRDS IDW101809
Alternate namesWoods Copper Mine, Lewison Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.49485, -85.45495
References
MACNAMARA, E. J., ET AL, 1930 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS ON THE SHILL COPPER MINE, ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE.PALLISTER, H. D., AND THOENEN,J.R., USBM RI 4221, 1948TOUMEY,M., SECOND BIENNIAL REPT. ON THE GEOLOGY OF ALA., 185WEED, W. H., TYPES OF CU DEP.S IN SE. US., AIME TRANS., VOL3JONES, W.B., ALA. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 28, 1926.EPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-I, 1963.SPAINE, S.I., ALA. GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 55, 1969.REFERENCE THAT FOLLOWS RELATES TO MAY 1977 UPDATE & REVIEW.US BUREAU OF MINES ,STONE HILL COPPER MINE,CLEBURNE AND RANDCOUNTIES,ALA. WAR MINERALS REPORT 408,JUNE 1945,11PP.