Wealden iron ore is usually a clay-ironstone and occurs in nodules and in thin beds up to a maximum of two feet in thickness, interbedded with shale. Sometimes a pale grey sideritic rock is present.

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EAST SPENCER — After 125 years in business as a brick plant, what is now General Shale brick will cease operations on April 1, with a loss of 65 jobs. The Tennesse-based General Shale bought ...