Mine detail: Hog Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Hillabee MinesHogback Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.07571, -85.85134

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lead, Manganese, Arsenic
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1839

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1844

Geology

Host rock:Wedowee Formation
Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Piedmont Belt
Alteration processes:Silicification And Seritization

References

MRDSW029006
MAS11230001
DEP10233066
Reference{Commodity:: COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII: U.S. GEOLOGIAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-22, 1:3,168,000.}{Deposit:: ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40 91 P.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F. JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, P. 146-147, PLATE 52.}{Deposit:: CRIB--W029006}{Geology:: BREWER, W.M. 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA; ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, P. 84-87.}{Geology:: TULL, J.F., 1978, STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVARD ZONE; AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V .278, P. 442-460.}
ReporterMiller, M.H., Whitlow, Clarke, Otis M., Jr., Woodruff, Laurel G.