| Deposit ID | 10160306 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029035 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0010370026 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Number Two Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Millsite Deposits |
| Related records | 10079476 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.19167, 32.90626 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 235 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
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 |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Stephens | 022 N | 019 E | 08 | NESW | Alabama |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Graphite Critical | Tertiary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Graphite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -86.19167, 32.90626 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 75M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 24HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1941 |
| District name | Ala Tin Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Millsite Deposits |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mineral Concentrates Inc |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0010370026 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029035 | MAS references MRDS |
REED, AVERY, INVESTIGATION OF COOSA TIN DEPOSITS, BUMINES RI
JULY 1950
LEE, DENT AND KUEHN, GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION RELATING TO T
POSITS IN COOSA CO ALA, BUMINES WAR MINERAL RPT 91.54
HUNTER, FRANK, GEOL OF ALA TIN BELT, GEOL SUR OF ALA BULL 54
THOENEN AND PALLISTER, SAMPLING OF ALA TIN BEARING PEGMATITE
MINES WAR MINERAL RPT 1.54, JULY 1945
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 801-819 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 020 COL 18 ALEXANDER CITY ALA, OWNER AS OF 1950 REC 040 COL 14 UNIMPROVED ROAD REC 040 COL 15 FROM DAM ON SAWMILL BRANCH OF DAVIDSON CREEK REC 040 COL 16 ASSUMED DUE TO EXISTENCE OF MILL REC 040 COL 65 INCLUDES AREA COVERED BY PRESENT MINES, MILL, PECTS AND DAM SITE REC 050 COL 54 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY BY GEIGER COUNTER. NO S GANT RESULTS (702) REC 050 COL 62 FOUR GROOVE SAMPLES IN SOUTH INCLINED SHAFT T 651 LBS SUBMITTED FOR TIN ASSAY AND SPECTROGRAPHIC TESTS (70 REC 060 COL 37 BEST AGE AVAILABLE FOR PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE REC 070 COL 46 % CASSITERITE BASED ON .36% TIN. SEE FILE FOR COMPUTATION REC 080 COL 53 FROM DRILL HOLE PROFILE (700) REC 080 COL 72 ESTIMATED FROM DRILL HOLE PROFILE (700) REC 060 COL 14 PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF PINCKNEYVI GRANITE (704 PP 37-39) REC 060 COL 41 OTHER REFERS TO REPLACEMENT REFER TO 01-037-0025 FOR MATRIX WHICH INCLUDES THIS DEPOSIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Schmidt | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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