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Number Seven Mine

Past Producer in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135788
MRDS ID W029036
MAS/MILS ID 0010370027
Record type Site
Current site name Number Seven Mine
Alternate or previous names Millsite Deposits
Related records 10079477

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -86.19387, 32.90576 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
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

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 022 N 019 E 08 NWSW Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -86.19387, 32.90576
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 51S
    Length 15M
    Width 1M
    Area 24HA
    Depth to top 4.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N50E:51S
    Minimum Depth to Top 3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 24
    Date of Last Modification 820430

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Ala Tin Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Millsite Deposits
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Concentrates Inc
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, AVERY, INVESTIGATION OF COOSA TIN DEPOSITS, BUMINES RI

  • Deposit

    1950

  • Deposit

    LEE, DENT AND KUEHN, GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION RELATING TO T

  • Deposit

    POSITS IN COOSA CO ALA, BUMINES WAR MINERAL RPT 91.54

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, FRANK, GEOL OF ALA TIN BELT, GEOL SUR OF ALA BULL 54

  • Deposit

    THOENEN AND PALLISTER, SAMPLING OF ALA TIN BEARING PEGMATITE

  • Deposit

    MINES WAR MINERAL RPT 1.54, JULY 1945

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, ROCKFORD TIN LOCATIONS, COOSA CO ALA, BUMINES WAR

  • Deposit

    AL RPT, 1945

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-820 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 020 COL 18 ALEXANDER CITY ALA, REC 700 PG 5, OWNERS AS O REC 040 COL 14 UNIMPROVED ROAD WITHIN 300 METERS REC 040 COL 15 WITHIN 300 METERS OF DAM ON SAWMILL BRANCH OF SON CREEK THAT IS MILLSITE WATER SUPPLY. SEE REC 704 PG 48 M REC 040 COL 16 WITHIN 300 METERS AT MILLSITE MILL REC 040 COL 65 INCLUDES AREA COVERED BY MINE, ADJOINING PROS MILL AND DAM SITE REC 050 COL 46 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY WITH GEIGER COUNTER. NO TION OF ANY REMARKABLE READINGS. SEE REC 700 PG 26 REC 060 COL 37 BEST AGE AVAILABLE FOR PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE. REC 819 REC 070 COL 46 % CASSITERITE BASED ON .36% TIN. SEE FILE FOR COMPUTATION REC 070 COL 62 FOUND IN DUMP (REC 704 PG 52) REC 080 COL 35-68 FROM DRILL HOLE PROFILE (REC 700) REC 080 COL 72 UNKNOWN REC 060 COL 14 PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF PINCKNEYVI GRANITE (704 PP 37-39) REC 060 COL 41 REFERS TO REPLACEMENT REFER TO 01-037-0025 FOR MATRIX WHICH INCLUDES THIS DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

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