Mine detail: Brown Prospect

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Location: Clay County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.31265, -85.89302
dep_id: 10079465
mrds_id: W029016
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: LINEAR
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Poe Bridge Mtn Group
hrock_type: Mica Schist
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Coosa (Fault) Block
References:
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, W.B., AND PARK, C.F. JR. 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 231, P 144-146
  • Deposit:: BREWER, W.M. 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY BULL 5, P 57-65
  • Deposit:: TULL, J.F., 1978, STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NORTHWEST OF THE BREVARD ZONE: AM. JOUR. SCI., V 278, P. 442-460.
  • Deposit:: 1948 RECON PARDEE AND PARK
  • Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR, 1979, IDAHO GOLD DISTRICT, CLAY COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE. 10 P.
  • Deposit:: 1975 RECON AGS
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