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Log Mine

Past Producer in Tallapoosa 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 10081385
MRDS ID W033407
Record type Site
Current site name Log Mine
Alternate or previous names Tog Mine
Related records 10233211

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.80829, 33.05294 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Site(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 Tallapoosa

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 24, T24N, R22E

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group
    Rock description Wedowee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.80829, 33.05294
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 1.22M

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 Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldville District

Comments on development

  • APPROXIMATELY $30,000 IN GOLD AND $80 IN SILVER EXTRACTED UP TO 1877; MINE RE-OPENED IN 1930 ; ECON.COM: FIRST AREA MINED YIELDED $45 PER TON IN GOLD; NEW VEIN DISCOVERED IN 1930 YIELDED $20 PER TON IN GOLD

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

    MELL, P.H., JR., 1877, MINING INTERESTS IN ALABAMA: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 24, P. 368, 472.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS TWO GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS; ONE STRIKES N45E, ONE STRIKES N20E, BOTH DIP 60 SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

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