Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Wedowee Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont-Tallapoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10081363
MRDS IDW033376
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.26821, -85.60689
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.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, 105P.