| Deposit ID | 10106261 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033364 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Ridge Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Ridge Prospects |
| Related records | 10207850 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.43609, 32.84044 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 122 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 2.3 MILES N10E OF MITCHELL DAM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coosa(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mitchell Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montgomery(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Coosa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Graphite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Graphite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Higgins Ferry Group | ||||
| Rock description | Higgins Ferry Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -86.43609, 32.84044 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1855 |
| District name | Coosa County District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033364 |
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91P.
PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156P.
SIMPSON, T.A., AND NEATHERY, T.L., 1980, ALABAMA GOLD: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 104, 169P.
SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P.
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.
COOK, R.B., AND SMITH, W.E., 1982, MINERALOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 120, 285P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1984 | Rheams, Karen F. | Alabama Geological Survey |
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