Historic gold producers in Tallapoosa County (USGS)
USGS records 28 historic gold producers in Tallapoosa County: 27 past producers and 1 listed as a producer or plant. For 26 of them USGS gives an output size (26 small). Production years are recorded for 7 sites, from 1835 to 1933.
Show the 28 sites
| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Backbone District | Producer | small | Gold | from 1835 |
| Silver Hill Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1835 |
| Hog Mountain Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1839 |
| Owl Hollow Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | 1842 to 1852 |
| Hammock Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | from 1881 |
| Hawthorne Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | 1932 to 1933 |
| Lowe Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Iron, Manganese | 1932 to 1933 |
| Al King Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Blue Hill and Gregory Hill Mines | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Duncan Prospect | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Dutch Bend Ulrich Pits Romanoff Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Dutch Bend Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfides | n/a |
| Eagle Creek District | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Early Pits Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Farrow Hill Devil's Backbone | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Goldville District | Past producer | small | Gold | found 1842 |
| Goldville Pits | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Gregory Hill Lode and Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Jones Pits | Past producer | small | Gold, Sulfides | n/a |
| Log Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Lowe Mine Hawthorne Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Maham Pits | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Morgan Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Stone Pits | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Tallapoosa Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Tapley Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Alabama King Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Bonner-Terrell Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. Sites already matched to an MSHA record are shown in the MSHA tables.
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