Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGravel,Sand and Gravel · Alluvium;Wedowee Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont - Tallapoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1843
Identification
Deposit ID10081354
MRDS IDW033366
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.09183, -86.02358
References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91P.SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P.PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CHILTON, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97P.