Dutch Bend Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081374
MRDS ID W033392
Record type Site
Current site name Dutch Bend Mine
Alternate or previous names Ulrich Pits, Romanoff Mine
Related records 10257904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.87496, 32.9946 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF FOSHEETON, ON BANK OF HILLABEE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksons Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Tallapoosa

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 8, T23N, R22E; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ALEXANDER CITY (1971) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfides Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Emuckfaw Formation
    Rock description Emuckfaw Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.87496, 32.9946

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 40 SE
    Thickness 1.83M

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 Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldville District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Robert Russell
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS DUG ON SIX QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 6 FT. IN WIDTH ON A HILL ABOVE HILLABEE CREEK.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY MR. ULRICH (PRE-1934)-LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE MINED; FEB., 1935-6 TONS OF CONCENTRATES PRODUCED ON PROPERTY

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, 91P.

  • Deposit

    COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1982, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285P.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 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, 105P

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CHILTON, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97P.

  • Deposit

    TUOMEY, MICHAEL, 1858, SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 292 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS COMPOSED OF 6 CRYSTALLINE AND SUGARY QUARTZ VEINS; THE GOLD IS FINE-GRAINED AND ASSOCIATED WITH OR ENCLOSED IN SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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