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Stewart Mine

Past Producer in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079463
MRDS ID W029013
Record type Site
Current site name Stewart Mine
Related records 10160553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.37776, 33.00849 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH EAST OF GOLDBRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talladega Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Coosa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
023N 017E 04 SW OF NE Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 4 (T23N--R17E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Talladega Group
    Rock description Talladega Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.37776, 33.00849
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 800M
    Width 60M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS IN PHYLLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THE RIDGE ON WHICH THE MINE IS LOCATED IS PERFORATED BY SHAFTS, TUNNELS, DRIFTS, AND OPEN CUTS FOR A DISTANCE OF HALF A MILE.

Comments on development

  • THE EXTENT OF THE WORKINGS INDICATES THAT A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY, TIME, AND LABOR WERE SPENT IN AN EFFORT TO EXTRACT THE METAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.B. 1892, THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL NO. 3. 97 P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF 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, 72 P.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152.

  • Deposit

    1892 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-PYRITE STRINGERS IN MINERALIZED ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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