Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Geology
Host rockSchist · Wedowee Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont-Tallapoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10081375
MRDS IDW033393
Alternate namesEaly Pits
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.03627, -85.82774
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, 97 P.