Alum Bluff Mines

Past Producer in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
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. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090111
MRDS ID W029014
Record type Site
Current site name Alum Bluff Mines
Related records 10111574

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.44581, 32.84599 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 2.5 KM NORTH OF MITCHELL DAM. NEAR THE MOUTH OF HATCHETT CREEK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Coosa

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 35 (T22N--R16E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Higgins Ferry
    Rock description Higgins Ferry
    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) -86.44581, 32.84599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30 DEG E
    Dip 40 DEG. SE
    Thickness 2.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXCAVATION AT MOUTH OF HATCHET CREEK. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SMALL TRENCHES, ADITS, AND SHAFTS LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF GOLD RIDGE. SEVERAL DRIFTS EXTEND 30 M OR MORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 3, 97 P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. NO. 55, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    1892 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152.

  • Deposit

    1930 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1969 COMPILE AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLOSE TO MITCHELL LAKE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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