Mine detail: Unnamed Gold Placer Prospect

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Location: Chilton County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.7585, -86.49998
dep_id: 10081318
mrds_id: W033327
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
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
References:
  • PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P
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