Mine detail: Golden Eagle Mine

Previously called 'Prince Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.54598, -85.50828

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1893

Geology

Host rock:Poe Bridge Mountain Group
Host type:Mica Schist
Tectonic:Northern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block

References

MRDSW033347
DEP10081338
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.}{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.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F.