Mine detail: W.D. Mitchell Properties No. 1

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Location

Lat / long: 33.23071, -85.65413

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: LENSE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Wedowee Group;Alluvium
Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Northern Alabama Piedmont-Tallapoosa Block

References

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DEP10081324
Reference{Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40,91P.}{Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., 1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DISTRICT, CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC.50, 52P.}{Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P.}{Deposit:: BREWER, W.M., 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, CLAY, TALLADEGA, ELMORE, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5, 105P.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F