Mine detail: Joshua Ballard Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.32515, -85.30967

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfides
Ore: Gold, Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Wedowee Group;Emuckfaw Formation
Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Northern Alabama Piedmont - Tallapoosa Block

References

MRDSW033370
DEP10081357
Reference{Deposit:: COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1982, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285 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 AALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, CLAY, TALLADEGA, ELMORE, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5, 105 P.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F.