Mine detail: Flint Hill Mine

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Location: Coosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.88766, -86.49859
dep_id: 10081352
mrds_id: W033363
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: LINEAR
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Higgins Ferry Group
hrock_type: Mica Schist
tectonic: Northern Alabama Piedmont - Coosa Block
References:
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156P.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CHILTON, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97P.
  • Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P.
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