Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySulfides
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Wedowee Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont-Tallapoosa Block
AlterationCountry Rock Altered To Saprolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Last production1935
Identification
Deposit ID10081364
MRDS IDW033378
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.25848, -85.62912
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.PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156P.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.