Mine detail: Teakle Mine

Previously called 'Orum Pit'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.25848, -85.62689

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Arsenic
Secondary: Zinc
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Wedowee Group
Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Tallapoosa Block

References

MRDSW000269
DEP10067492
Reference{Deposit:: BREWER, W.M., 1876, UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5.}{Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN #40.}{Deposit:: TULL, J.F., STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVADO ZONE: AM. U. SCI. V 278. P 442-460.}{Deposit:: NEATHERLY, T.L., 1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DISTRICT, CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 50, 52 P.}{Deposit:: 1896 RECON AGS}{Deposit:: 1968 RECON AGS}
ReporterCannon, Suzanne S., Clarke, Otis M. Jr.