Mine detail: Alum Bluff Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.84599, -86.44581

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Ore: Gold

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Higgins Ferry
Host type:Quartzite,Mica Schist

References

MRDSW029014
DEP10090111
Reference{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 3, 97 P.}{Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.}{Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. NO. 55, 94 P.}{Deposit:: 1892 RECON AGS}{Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152.}{Deposit:: 1930 RECON AGS}{Deposit:: 1969 COMPILE AGS}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.