Mine detail: Ayers Prospect

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Location: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.49682, -85.50162
dep_id: 10081328
mrds_id: W033337
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
alteration: Country Rock Decomposed To Saprolite
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Poe Bridge Mountain Group
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock,Mica Schist
tectonic: Northern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block
References:
  • 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:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.
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