Mine detail: Rippatoe Placer

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Location: Chilton County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.79628, -86.48054
dep_id: 10106131
mrds_id: W029038
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Higgins Ferry
hrock_type: Gravel
Year first produced: 1835
References:
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97 P.
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: 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. 55, 94 P.
  • Deposit:: 1892 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: 1930 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE AGS
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