| Deposit ID | 10090111 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029014 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alum Bluff Mines |
| Related records | 10111574 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.44581, 32.84599 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 122 |
| Relative position | 2.5 KM NORTH OF MITCHELL DAM. NEAR THE MOUTH OF HATCHETT CREEK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Coosa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Higgins Ferry | ||||
| Rock description | Higgins Ferry | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| (1) | -86.44581, 32.84599 |
|---|
| Strike | N30 DEG E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 40 DEG. SE |
| Thickness | 2.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029014 |
PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 3, 97 P.
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.
SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. NO. 55, 94 P.
1892 RECON AGS
NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152.
1930 RECON AGS
1969 COMPILE AGS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLOSE TO MITCHELL LAKE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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