Alabama · Clay County
Occurrence

W.D. Mitchell Properties No. 1

Clay County, Alabama, United States
GoldArsenic
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Wedowee Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont-Tallapoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10081325
MRDS IDW033334
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.24321, -85.66663
References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91P.NEATHERY, T.L. 1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DISTRICT, CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALABAMA; ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC, 50, 52P.SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA; ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC, 55, 94P.BREWER,W.M., 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, CLAY, TALLADEGA, ELMORE, COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA; ALABAMA GEOL, SURVEY BULL. 5, 105P.