Mine detail: Rocky Creek Placer Mine

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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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