Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Unity Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont-Talladega Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10081340
MRDS IDW033349
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.57515, -85.45551
References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.BREWER, W.M., 1896, GOLD MINING IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA INDUS. AND SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 6, P42-49.SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.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 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5, 105 P.