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Prospect No. 12

Occurrence in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079478
MRDS ID W029037
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect No. 12
Related records 10112246

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.13775, 32.98433 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 5.5 KM NORTH OF CREWSVILLE

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

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF SECTION 14 T23N, R19E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.4 TO 0.83 PERCENT METALLIC TIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group
    Rock description Wedowee Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.13775, 32.98433
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Length 60M
    Width 1.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CASSITERITE IN QUARTZ VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932

Mining district

District name Alabama Tin Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • 6 EXPLORATION TRENCHES DUG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWLES, EDGAR, 1939, THE TIN DEPOSITS OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. PAPER 124.

  • Deposit

    ELLSWORTH, E.W., 1934, TIN DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: DEPT OF INT. PRESS MEM., MISC. PAPER 91.

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, F.R., 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE ALABAMA TIN BELT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 54, 61 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT WAS THE DISCOVERY OF THIS PROSPECT THAT REJUVENATED INTREST IN THIS AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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