Mine detail: Hawthorne Mine

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Location: Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.07238, -85.74163
dep_id: 10081381
mrds_id: W033401
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: Wedowee Group
hrock_type: Schist
tectonic: Northern Alabama Piedmont-Tallapoosa Block
Year first produced: 1932
yr_lst_prd: 1933
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:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P.
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