Mine detail: Hawthorne Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.07238, -85.74163

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1932
Last production ended: 1933

Geology

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

References

MRDSW033401
DEP10081381
Reference{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.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F.