Mine detail: Marble Pit Mine

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Location: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.56543, -85.53328
dep_id: 10081344
mrds_id: W033354
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Poe Bridge Mountain Group
hrock_type: Mica Schist
tectonic: Northern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block
References:
  • Deposit:: BREWER, W.M., 1895, THE ARBACOOCHEE GOLD DISTRICT, ALABAMA: ENG. MINING JOUR. V. 60, P. 148.
  • 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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