Mine detail: Clear Creek Lode and Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.55848, -85.52495

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1845
Last production ended: 1907

Geology

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

References

MRDSW033341
DEP10081332
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:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1908, NOTES ON SOME GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 340, P. 36-52.}{Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CLRC. 55, 94 P.}{Deposit:: BREWER, W.M., 1895, THE ARBACOOCHEE GOLD DISTRICT, ALABAMA: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 60, P. 148.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F.