Mine detail: Harall Gold Mine

Previously called 'Harold Or Harral Gold Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.24459, -86.00553

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver, Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1846

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Hillabee Greenstone
Host type:Mica Schist
Tectonic:Northern Alabama Piedmont-Talladega Block

References

MRDSW033320
DEP10081311
Reference{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:: MELL, P.H., JR., 1877, MINING INTERESTS IN ALABAMA: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 24, P. 368, 472.}{Deposit:: SMITH, E.A., 1875, REPORT OF PROGRESS FOR 1874: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 139 P.}{Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.}{Deposit:: SPENCER, J.W., 1889, ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA THROUGHOUT THE BELT TRAVERSED BY THE MACON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY: ATHENS, GEORGIA, 86 P.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F.