Mine detail: Carr Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.53348, -85.66107

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Poe Bridge Mountain Group;Alluvium
Host type:	Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:	Northern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block

References

MRDS	W033340
DEP	10081331
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Rheams, Karen F.