Mine detail: Carr Creek Placer

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Location: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.53348, -85.66107
dep_id: 10081331
mrds_id: W033340
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Weathering, Erosion, Stream Deposition
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Poe Bridge Mountain Group;Alluvium
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
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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