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No. 2 Mine

Prospect in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Tin
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079476
MRDS ID W029035
Record type Site
Current site name No. 2 Mine
Related records 10160306

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.19136, 32.90488 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 5 KM NORTHEAST OF ROCKFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockford(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 8 T22N-R19E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group
    Rock description Wedowee Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Migmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.19136, 32.90488
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Pegmatites

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK FORMERLY CALLED ASHLAND MICA SCHIST BECAUSE OF METAMORPHIC GRADE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alabama Tin Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Coosa Cassiterite Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INCLINES; 22 AND 24 M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWLES, EDGAR, 1939, THE TIN DEPOSITS OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. PAPER 124.

  • Deposit

    ELLSWORTH, E.W., 1934, TIN DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: DEPT OF INT. PRESS MEM., MISC. PAPER 91.

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, FRANK, R, 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE ALABAMA TIN BELT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 54, 61 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY IRREGULAR

Reporter information

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

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