Mine detail: Gold Ridge Mine

Previously called 'Gold Ridge Prospects'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.84044, -86.43609

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Graphite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Graphite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1855

Geology

Host rock:Higgins Ferry Group
Host type:Mica Schist
Tectonic:Northern Alabama Piedmont-Coosa Block

References

MRDSW033364
DEP10106261
Reference{Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91P.}{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.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CHILTON, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97P.}{Deposit:: COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1982, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285P.}
ReporterRheams, Karen F.