Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryCopper, Iron, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueChlorite, Mica, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Hillabee Greenstone
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont - Talladega Block.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10081306
MRDS IDW033315
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.88488, -86.75832
References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1982, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285P.PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.