Location: | Chilton County, Alabama, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 32.77239, -86.49998 |
dep_id: | 10081310 |
mrds_id: | W033319 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Gold |
gangue: | Quartz |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
conc_proc: | Weathering, Erosion, Stream Deposition |
Reporter: | Rheams, Karen F. |
hrock_unit: | Higgins Ferry Group;Alluvium |
hrock_type: | Gravel,Sand and Gravel |
tectonic: | Northern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block |
Year first produced: | 1872 |
References: |
- Deposit:: PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CHILTON, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97 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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