Mine detail: Marble Pit Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.56543, -85.53328

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W033354
DEP	10081344
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Rheams, Karen F.