Goldberg Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079454
MRDS ID W028997
Record type Site
Current site name Goldberg Mine
Related records 10209162

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.64746, 33.25098 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 2.5KM EAST OF CRAGFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lineville East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • COVERS SEVERAL QUADS.
  • SE/SW SECTION 30 (T20S-R10E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group
    Rock description Wedowee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.64746, 33.25098

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cragford

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TALLAPOOSA MINE
  • ONE DEEP PIT, ONE OPEN CUT, AND ONE INCLINED TUNNEL 50-100 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT INCLUDES TALLAPOOSA MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.