Mine detail: Hog Mountain Mine

Location:	Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long:	33.07572, -85.85135
dep_id:	10089737
mrds_id:	W029006
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
alteration:	Silicification, Serritization
ore_ctrl:	In Quartz Diorite
Reporter:	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit:	Wedowee Group
hrock_type:	Diorite,Schist
arock_type:	Diorite
tectonic:	Tallapoosa Block
Year first produced:	1839
References:	Deposit:: BREWER, W.M. 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA; ALABAMA GEOL. BULL. 5, P. 84-87 Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40 91 P Deposit:: TULL, J.F., 1978, STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVARD ZONE; AM. J. SCI. V 278, P. 442-460 Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F. JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, P. 146-147, PLATE 52. Deposit:: 1896 RECON AGS Deposit:: 1948 RECON PARDEE AND PARK Deposit:: 1975 RECON AGS