Mine detail: Gold Log Mine

Previously called 'Story MineCogburn Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.35432, -86.04164

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfides
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Talladega Group
Host type:Sandstone
Tectonic:Northern Alabama Piedmont-Talladega Block

References

MRDSW033381
DEP10081367
Reference{Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC, AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOL. SUR-VEY BULL. 40, 91P.}{Deposit:: COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1980, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285 P.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.}{Deposit:: SIMPSON, T.A., AND NEATHERY, T.L., 1980, ALABAMA GOLD: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 104, 169 P.}{Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1917, THE GOLD LOG MINE, TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RANSOME, F.L., AND GALE, H.S., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 640, P. 159-161.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F.