Prospect Number Twenty-Seven

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282269
MAS/MILS ID 0010370023
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Number Twenty-Seven
Alternate or previous names Two Bits Deposits, Bently Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.25217, 32.88406 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Coosa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 022 N 018 E 22 NENE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.25217, 32.88406

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ala Tin Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Two Bits Deposits
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, FRANK, GEOL SUR OF ALA BULL 54, 1944

  • Deposit

    REED, AVERY, BUMINES RI 4704, JULY, 1950

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-811 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 040 COL 14 100 METERS FROM STATE 22 REC 040 COL 15 800 METERS REC 040 COL 16 100 METERS FROM STATE 22 REC 040 COL 65 UNKNOWN SIZE, ONLY FLOAT RECOGNIZED (700 PG 5 REC 060 COL 37 SOURCE OF MINERALIZATION PROBABLY PINCKNEYVIL GRANITE. THIS IS BEST AGE DETERMINATION AVAILABLE (700 PP 37 REC 060 COL 14 RELATION TO COUNTRY ROCK UNKNOWN REC 040 COL 47 NOW SECOND GROWTH SCRUB, SOME GRAZING (700 PG REC 040 COL 41 OTHER REFERS TO REPLACEMENT REC 020 NO INFORMATION ON OWNER, BUT POSSIBLY COOSA CASSITER CORPORATION OF ALEXANDER CITY ALA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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