Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Other materialsChalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist · Poe Bridge Mountain Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Identification
Deposit ID10106260
MRDS IDW033357
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.50293, -85.45828
References
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1982, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285 P.SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.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, 105 P