Section 5 - Arbacoochee Mine

Past Producer in Cleburne 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079482
MRDS ID W029042
Record type Site
Current site name Section 5 - Arbacoochee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.51801, 33.57737 (WGS84)
Elevation 296
Relative position 10 KM SE HEFLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ross Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH AND SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result BREWER (1896) REPORTS $30 PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Hillabee Greenstone
    Rock description Hillabee Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.51801, 33.57737

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Arbacoochee

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • NO REPORTS EXCEPT COMMENT BY BREWER (1896, P. 96)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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