| Deposit ID | 10079477 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029036 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | No 7 Mine |
| Related records | 10135788 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.19553, 32.90377 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 207 |
| Relative position | 4.5 KM NORTH EAST OF ROCKFORD |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Coosa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite |
| Rock unit name | Wedowee Group |
| Rock description | Wedowee Group |
| (1) | -86.19553, 32.90377 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 DEG E |
| Dip | 51 DEG SE |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Alabama Tin Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029036 |
BOWLES, EDGAR, 1939, THE TIN DEPOSITS OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. PAPER 124.
ELLSWORTH, E.W., 1934, TIN DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: DEPT OF INT. PRESS MEM., MISC PAPER 91.
HUNTER, F.R., 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE ALABAMA TIN BELT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 54, 61 P.
1944 RECON AG
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DUMP SHOWS MUCH QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE "GREISEN" WHICH CONTAINS MORE OR LESS PYRITE AND LARGE GRAINS OF APATITE. SOME OF THE "GREISEN" ALSO CARRIES AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 PERCENT CASSITERITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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