Tin Deposit

Occurrence in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084790
MRDS ID W102246
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.16247, 32.97933 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est, To The Middlepoint Of T23n, R19e

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
023N 019E 1,7,8,9,14,28 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.16247, 32.97933

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DEPOSITS CONTAIN CASSITERITE VEINLET AS MUCH AS 1/8 IN IN THICKNESS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, F.R., 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE ALABAMA TIN BELT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULLETIN 54, 61 PP.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULLETIN 55, 94 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-86 Cannon, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.