Mine detail: Riddle Mine

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.52932, -85.67774
dep_id: 10079456
mrds_id: W029001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
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
tectonic: Coosa Block
References:
  • Deposit:: BREWER, W.M., 1896, UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5, 202 P.
  • 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:: 1980 RECON AG
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.