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Honeycutt's Mill Placer Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081308
MRDS ID W033317
Record type Site
Current site name Honeycutt's Mill Placer Mine
Related records 10257502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.79027, 32.89044 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MILES S70E OF HUBBARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chilton(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jemison West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Chilton

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 17, T22N, R13E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Unity Group;Alluvium
    Rock description Unity Group;Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.79027, 32.89044
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75E
    Dip 15-20 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON GIVEN 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 1842
Year of last production 1892

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER MINING DONE ON SMALL TRIBUTARIES INTO MULBERRY CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATTITUDE FOR THE COUNTRY ROCK; GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL DERIVED FROM QUARTZ LAYERS IN THE COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

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

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