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Rocky Creek Placer Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081310
MRDS ID W033319
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Creek Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.49998, 32.77239 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MITCHELL DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chilton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Chilton

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 30, T21N, R16E - 2 MILES EAST OF VERBENA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
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 Higgins Ferry Group;Alluvium
    Rock description Higgins Ferry Group;Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.49998, 32.77239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N15E
    Dip 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 1872

Mining district

District name Chilton County District

Comments on development

  • AREA WAS WELL WORKED OVER BY 1892 ; ECON.COM: $200 WORTH OF GOLD OBTAINED IN 10 WEEKS IN 1872 BY A MR. HOWARD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, 97 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP FOR COUNTRY ROCK; PLACER GOLD DERIVED FROM GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ LENSES IN FINE-GRAINED AMPHIBOLITE.

Reporter information

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

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