Commodities
TertiaryCopper, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Identification
Deposit ID10136009
MRDS IDW028560
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.36015, -85.84356
References
LAMONT, W. E. & E. L. HASTINGS. RESOURCE AND BENEFICIATIONOF COPPER-BEARING PYRITE ORE, PYRITON, CLAY COUNTY, ALABAMA.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRCULAR 27, 1964, PP. 1-26.SPAINE, SUZANNE. BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRCULAR 55, 1969, P.ADAMS, G. I. GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULLE1930, PP. 76-84PALLISTER, H. D. & J. R. THOENEN. INVESTIGATION OF COPPER-BPYRITE ORES, PYRITON, CLAY COUNTY, ALA. BUMINES RI 4494, 1915 P.