| Deposit ID | 10106130 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029008 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Hill Mine |
| Related records | 10305346 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.86663, 32.71684 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 165 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tallapoosa(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ponders(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phenix City(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Tallapoosa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Wedowee Group |
| Rock description | Wedowee Group |
| (1) | -85.86663, 32.71684 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1835 |
| District name | Devils Backbone |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 120M |
| Overall depth | 24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029008 |
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.
ADAMS, G.I., BUTTS, CHARLES, STEPHENSON, L.W., AND COOK, C.W., 1926, GEOLOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL REPORT 14, 312 P.
1930 COMPILE AGS
1968 RECON USBM
O'NEIL, J.F., VALLELY, J.L., 1970, GOLD VALUES OF SAMPLES FROM THE DEVILS BACKBONE AREA, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR-67. 19 P
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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