Mine detail: Head Mine

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Location: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.54459, -85.44023
dep_id: 10081339
mrds_id: W033348
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Poe Bridge Mountain Group
hrock_type: Mica Schist
tectonic: Northern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block
References:
  • 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.
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