Mine detail: Rocky Creek Placer Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.77239, -86.49998

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1872

Geology

Host rock:Higgins Ferry Group;Alluvium
Host type:Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:Northern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block

References

MRDSW033319
DEP10081310
Reference{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.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F.