The Alabama is a gold mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 561 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 561 Feet (171 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.84417, -121.15694
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Alabama MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alabama
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1933-1942
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1933-1942
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sulfides Oxidized In Irregular Places To Depth Of 1045 Ft.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS AVG. $9 AU/TON. CONC.:9 OZ AU, 120 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): AG/AU WAS 3:1. 75% AU FROM FLOTATION CELLS, 25% AU AND 100% AG FROM CONCENTRATES. FIRST WORKED IN 1850'S. NO PRE-1933 PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): SEAM, IRREGULAR
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, DRIFTS, STOPES, SEVERAL LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): 2-4 IN. GOUGE ZONE ALONG BOTH WALLS OF VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 10 - 11 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , REVIEW OF GOLD MINING IN EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 17 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 588 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN, 1936
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