Mine detail: Franklin Mine

Previously called 'Jameison Mine'

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Location: Chilton County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.90016, -85.80274
dep_id: 10081307
mrds_id: W033316
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Mica, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Unity Group
hrock_type: Quartzite,Phyllite
tectonic: Northern Alabama Piedmont-Talladega Block
References:
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.
  • Deposit:: DUNLOP, J.P., 1924, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923, PART 1, P. 1-7.
  • 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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