Mine detail: Lowe Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.08766, -85.77357

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Iron, Manganese
Ore:	Gold, Ilmenite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

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

MRDS	W033409
DEP	10081386
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:: SIMPSON, T.A., AND NEATHERY, T.L., 1980, ALABAMA GOLD: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 104, 169P.}{Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P.}
Reporter	Rheams, Karen F.