Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
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 ID10081391
MRDS IDW033416
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.03349, -85.83329
References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.MCCASKEY, H.D., 1908, NOTES ON SOME GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 340, P. 36-52.SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.