I I 34° MARIOH 34° I LAMAR , v:I G'l Alabama Q, \'l'I Q, 33° 0 1- I I I (/) ";lO ...Mineral Locality ~ Index LEWIS S. DEAN Geological Survey of Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486...35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818 when the first iron furnace was built...built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits. In an article...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the |