Mine detail: Silver Hill Mine

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Location: Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.71684, -85.86663
dep_id: 10106130
mrds_id: W029008
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Wedowee Group
hrock_type: Phyllite,Schist
Year first produced: 1835
References:
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., BUTTS, CHARLES, STEPHENSON, L.W., AND COOK, C.W., 1926, GEOLOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL REPORT 14, 312 P.
  • Deposit:: 1930 COMPILE AGS
  • Deposit:: 1968 RECON USBM
  • Deposit:: *EIL, J.F., VALLELY, J.L., 1970, GOLD VALUES OF SAMPLES FROM THE DEVILS BACKBONE AREA, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR-67. 19 P
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