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Pine Tuckey Gold Mine

Past Producer in Randolph 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. 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. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079484
MRDS ID W029045
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Tuckey Gold Mine
Related records 10160704

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.54189, 33.46932 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Relative position .5 KM SOUTHWEST OF PINE TUCKEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Micaville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(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 Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SECTION 12 (T18S-R10E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN AVERAGED $38/TON (1896) (BREWER (1896, P 55)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.54189, 33.46932
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip SE
    Thickness 0.36M
    Length 2413.95M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD VALUES REPORTED TO BE ERRATIC AND IN SHOOTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SECOND SHAFT IS 55 FT DEEP AND 200 FEET LONG.

Comments on development

  • 4 DIAMOND CORES WERE DRILLED WITH ONLY ONE HOLE HITTING 12 IN OF ROCK OF SAME CHARACTER AS GOLD BEARING STRATA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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