Alabama Gold and Mica Co Gold Mine

Past Producer in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079481
MRDS ID W029041
Record type Site
Current site name Alabama Gold and Mica Co Gold Mine
Related records 10184777

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.86802, 33.32654 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 6 K M NW ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lineville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Poe Bridge Mtn Group
    Rock description Poe Bridge Mtn Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.86802, 33.32654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Idaho

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BREWER, W.M., 1896, UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 5.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G. I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOL SURVEY BULL 40.

  • Deposit

    TULL, J.F. STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVADD ZONE: AM. V. SCI. V. 278, P 442-460

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1979, IDAHO GOLD DISTRICT, CLAY COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE.

  • Deposit

    1918 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON AGS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references