Mine detail: King Mine

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Location: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.53626, -85.68329
dep_id: 10079323
mrds_id: W028549
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: LINEAR
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_type: Mica Schist
arock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
tectonic: Coosa Block
References:
  • Deposit:: BREWER, W. M., 1896 , A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL. BULL. 5 , P. 84 - 87 .
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, G. I., 1930 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40 91 P.
  • Deposit:: TULL, J. F., 1978 , STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVARD ZONE: AM. J. SCI. V 278 , P. 442 - 460 .
  • Deposit:: 1934 DIREXPL PRIVATE
  • Deposit:: 1948 RECON PARDEE AND PARK
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J. T. AND PARK, C. F. JR., 1948 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: US GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 213 , P. 146 , 147 , PL 52
  • Deposit:: 1980 RECON AGS
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