Mine detail: B.T. Childe* Prospect

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Location: Chilton County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.88488, -86.75832
dep_id: 10081306
mrds_id: W033315
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Iron, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Chlorite, Mica, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Hillabee Greenstone
hrock_type: Greenstone
tectonic: Northern Alabama Piedmont - Talladega Block.
References:
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.
  • Deposit:: COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1982, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285P.
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.
  • Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.
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