Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockMica Schist · Dadeville Group
Tectonic settingInner Piedmont
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1840
Last production1845
Identification
Deposit ID10081384
MRDS IDW033405
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.9821, -85.67774
References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91P.PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156P.SIMPSON, T.A., AND NEATHERY, T.L., 1980, ALABAMA GOLD: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 104, 169P.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 GEOL. -SURVEY BULL. 5, 105 P.