Golden Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081338
MRDS ID W033347
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Prince Mine
Related records 10160521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.50828, 33.54598 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARBACOOCHEE

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

  • SECTION 17, T17S, R11E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.50828, 33.54598

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 50 SE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON REPORTED SITE LOCATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

District name Arbacoochee District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT DEEPENED TO 75 FT. ALONG DIP IN 1894.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE ASSAYED AT $58 PER TON IN GOLD IN 1894.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    BREWER, W.M., 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, CLAY, TALLADEGA, ELMORE, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5, 105 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS A DECOMPOSED QUARTZITE WITH VISIBLE GOLD FLAKES; THE QUARTZITE CONTAINS SULFIDES, PARTICULARLY ARSENOPYRITE BELOW 30 FT. DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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