| Deposit ID | 10257658 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0010370028 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prospect Number Five |
| Alternate or previous names | Millsite Deposits, Number Five Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.19387, 32.90656 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 220 |
| 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 | NWSW | Alabama |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Tantalum Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Tantalite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -86.19387, 32.90656 |
|---|
| Strike | N45E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 70S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 24HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| 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 | 0010370028 |
HUNTER, FRANK, GEOL OF ALA TIN BELT, GEOL SUR OF ALA BULL 54
REED, AVERY, COOSA TIN DEPOSITS, BUMINES RI 4704, 1950
THOENEN AND PALLISTER, SAMPLING OF ALA TIN BEARING PEGMATITE
MINES WAR MINERAL REPORT 1.54,1945
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 801-818 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 020 ALEXANDER CITY, ALA, REC 701 PG 5, OWNERS AS OF 1950 REC 010 COL 30 TANTALITE REPORTED, NO DOCUMENTATION, REC 700 REC 040 COL 14 UNIMPROVED ROAD WITHIN 300 METERS REC 040 COL 15 DAM ON SAWMILL BRANCH OF DAVIDSON CREEK REC 040 COL 16 WITHIN 300 METERS AT MILL REC 040 COL 50-64 REFERS ONLY TO PROSPECT FIVE, NOT OTHER MI MILLSITE AREA REC 040 COL 65 INCLUDES ENTIRE AREA CONTAINING THIS PROSPECT MINES, MILL AND DAM SITE REC 050 COL 30 TRENCH 12 METERS LONG AND 1 METER DEEP ACROS PEGMATITE (700 PG 52) REC 060 COL 37 BEST AGE AVAILABLE FOR PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE REC 070 COL 46 % CASSITERITE BASED ON .36% TIN (701, TABLE 1 REC 080 COL 40-68 NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE REC 060 COL 14 PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF PINCKNEYVI GRANITE (700 PP 37-39) REC 060 COL 41 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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