Mine detail: Bennifield Prospect

Location:	Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long:	33.60293, -85.36939
dep_id:	10081330
mrds_id:	W033339
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
Reporter:	Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit:	Wedowee Group
hrock_type:	Schist
tectonic:	Northern Alabama Piedmont-Tallapoosa 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. 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, 105 P.