Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGravel,Sand and Gravel · Alluvium;Wedowee Group
Tectonic settingNorthern Alabama Piedmont - Tallapoosa Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10106262
MRDS IDW033368
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates32.9071, -86.13191
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 PART OF THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CHILTON, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL., 97P.