Mine detail: Benjamin Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.25737, -85.65496

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDSW029002
DEP10079457
Reference{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:: 1896 RECON AGS}{Deposit:: 1968 RECON AGS}{Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., 1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DISTRICT, CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 50. 52 P.}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.