Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryCopper, Graphite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Graphite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist · Higgins Ferry Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1855
Identification
Deposit ID10106261
MRDS IDW033364
Alternate namesGold Ridge Prospects
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.84044, -86.43609
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.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, 97P.COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1982, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285P.