Alabama · Tallapoosa County
Past Producer
Alabama King Mine
Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States
Gold
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockSchist · Wedowee Group
Tectonic settingTallapoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
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References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.ADAMS, G.I., BUTTS, CHARLES, STEPHENSON, L.W., AND COOK, C.W., 1926, GEOLOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL REPORT #14, 312 P.1930 COMPILE AGS1948 RECON PARDEE, J.T., PARK, C.F. JR.O'NEIL, J.F., VALLELY, J.L., 1970, GOLD VALUES OF SAMPLES FROM THE DEVILS BACKBONE AREA, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR-67. 19 P1970 RECON AGS
Identification
Deposit ID10079461
MRDS IDW029010
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.86683, -85.82913
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.