| Deposit ID | 10081311 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033320 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Harall Gold Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Harold Or Harral Gold Mine |
| Related records | 10112163 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.00553, 33.24459 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 280 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | 0.5 MILE EAST OF BETHLEHEM CHURCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bulls Gap(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Clay |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hillabee Greenstone | ||||
| Rock description | Hillabee Greenstone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Hillabee Greenstone |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1846 |
| District name | Idaho District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033320 |
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.
MELL, P.H., JR., 1877, MINING INTERESTS IN ALABAMA: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 24, P. 368, 472.
SMITH, E.A., 1875, REPORT OF PROGRESS FOR 1874: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 139 P.
SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.
SPENCER, J.W., 1889, ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA THROUGHOUT THE BELT TRAVERSED BY THE MACON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY: ATHENS, GEORGIA, 86 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NUMEROUS SMALL GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS OVER A WIDTH OF 25 FT. IN THE COUNTRY ROCK-SILVER IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLD-SILVER DECREASES WITH DEPTH |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1984 | Rheams, Karen F. | Alabama Geological Survey |
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