| Deposit ID | 10160616 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0010370024 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prospect Number Twenty-Eight |
| Alternate or previous names | Two-Bits Deposits, Bently Group |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.25327, 32.88236 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 213 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coosa(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Flag Mountain(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 | 018 E | 22 | NE | Alabama |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Autunite | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -86.25327, 32.88236 |
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| Strike | N15E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 60E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 7HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 14M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ala Tin Belt |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Two-Bits Deposits |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Piedmont Exploration Co |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 61447mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 61447mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 61447mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 61447mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 18709mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 18709mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0010370024 |
REED, AVERY, COOSA TIN DEPOSITS, BUMINES RI 4704, CONFIDENTI
TION, 1949
HUNTER, FRANK, GEOL OF ALA TIN BELT, GEOL SUR OF ALA BULL 54
REED, AVERY, BUMINES WAR MINERAL RPT TUS-T33, REED NUMBER 3,
PALLISTER, HUGH, ROCKFORD TIN LOCATIONS, BUMINES WAR RPT 1.5
REED, AVERY, INVESTIGATION OF COOSA TIN DEPOSITS, BUMINES RI
JULY, 1950
LEE, DENT AND KUEHN, GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION RELATING TO T
POSITS IN COOSA CTY ALA, BUMINES WAR MINERAL RPT 91.54
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 801-828 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 010 COL 42 DRILLED, TRENCHED AND SAMPLED (704 PG 3) REC 020 COL 18 OF ALEXANDER CITY, ALA (704 INTRODUCTION),AS REC 040 COL 14 UNDEVELOPED TRAIL REC 040 COL 15- 800 METERS REC 040 COL 16- 300 METERS TO STATE RT 22 REC 040 COL 65 DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF LARGE PLUG TO NORTHEAST A TO EAST OF PROPERTY. POTENTIAL AREA ENCOMPASSES BOTH REC 050 COL 22 PROSPECT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS MINE, BUT TH NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION (702 PG 52) REC 060 COL 37 BEST AGE FOR PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE. SEE COMME REC 080 COL 23 SEE REC 806 REC 080 COL 72 AVERAGE THICKNESS FROM DRILL HOLE PROFILES (7 REC 070 COL 24 AMOUNT OF CASSITERITE BASED ON AVERAGE OF .06 IN PLUG AND DIKE. SEE FILE FOR COMPUTATION (700 TABLE 12) REC 070 COL 68 AMOUNT OF AUTUNITE BASED ON .025% URANINITE,S FOR COMPUTATION REC 604 COL 15 % URANIUM (U308) BASED ON .025% URANINITE. SE FOR COMPUTATION (703) REC 604 BASED ON QUALITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND RAD METRIC COUNT EXPRESSED AS .025% EQUIVALENT URANINITE (703) REC 603 VALUES OBTAINED USING FIGURES OF .05% TIN IN PLUG AN TIN IN DIKE (700 TABLE 12) REC 040 COL 47 NOW SECOND GROWTH SCRUB. SOME GRAZING (702 PG REC 060 COL 14 PEGMATITES IN ASHLAND SCHIST PROBABLY RELATED EMPLACEMENT OF PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE (702) REC 060 COL 41 OTHER REFERS TO REPLACEMENT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Schmidt | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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