Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySulfides
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Talladega Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont-Talladega Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Identification
Deposit ID10081367
MRDS IDW033381
Alternate namesStory Mine, Cogburn Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.35432, -86.04164
References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC, AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOL. SUR-VEY BULL. 40, 91P.COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1980, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285 P.PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.SIMPSON, T.A., AND NEATHERY, T.L., 1980, ALABAMA GOLD: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 104, 169 P.BASTIN, E.S., 1917, THE GOLD LOG MINE, TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RANSOME, F.L., AND GALE, H.S., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 640, P. 159-161.