Mine detail: Jones Pits

Location:	Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long:	33.09738, -85.76385
dep_id:	10106267
mrds_id:	W033406
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Sulfides
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Pyrite
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
Reporter:	Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit:	Wedowee Group
hrock_type:	Schist
tectonic:	Northern Alabama Piedmont - Tallapoosa Block
References:	Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91P Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P. Deposit:: BREWER, W.M., 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, CLAY, TALLADEGA, ELMORE, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5, 105P. 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.