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Number One Mine

Past Producer in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodities Feldspar, Graphite, 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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135964
MRDS ID W029034
MAS/MILS ID 0010370025
Record type Site
Current site name Number One Mine
Alternate or previous names Millsite Deposits
Related records 10097451

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -86.19217, 32.90706 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
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 S2SENW Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Graphite Critical Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -86.19217, 32.90706
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 1M
    Width 3M
    Area 24HA
    Depth to top 10M
    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. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N25E:80E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 24
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type 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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Inferred 16392mt ore
    Total resources 16392mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Feldspar Feldspar 31.3 wt-pct Feldspar Trace 1949
    Mica Mica 21.1 wt-pct Mica Trace 1949
    Tin Sn 0.36 wt-pct Tin Trace 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    COOK, T.E., M.P. TURNER, AND T.A. SIMPSON. ALABAMA'S

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL INSUSTRY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA,

  • Reserve-Resource

    INFORMATION SERIES 32, UNIV. OF ALABAMA, 1963, P. 8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PALLISTER, H.D. AND J.R. THEONEN. FLAKE GRAPHITE AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    VANADIUM INVESTIGATIONS IN CLAY, COOSA AND CHILTON

  • Reserve-Resource

    COUNTIES, ALABAMA. BUMINES R.I. 4366, 1948, PP. 65-73.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JULY 1950

  • Deposit

    LEE, DENT AND KUEHN, GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION RELATING TO T

  • Deposit

    POSITS IN COOSA CO ALA, BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPORT 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-821 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 020 COL 18 ALEXANDER CITY ALA, OWNER AS OF 1950 REC 040 COL 14 ROAD IS UNIMPROVED REC 040 COL 15 FROM DAM ON SAWMILL BRANCH OF DAVIDSON CREEK REC 040 COL 16 ASSUMED FOR MILL OPERATION REC 050 COL 54 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY BY GEIGER COUNTER. NO M OF ANY REMARKABLE READINGS (702) REC 050 COL 62 SIX GROOVE SAMPLES TOTALING 821 POUNDS TAKEN MOUTH OF SHAFT AND FLOODED AREA. CARBON DIOXIDE GAS FILLED M WAS REMOVED BEFORE SAMPLING (705 PG 2) REC 040 COL 65 INCLUDES AREA COVERED BY PRESENT PROSPECTS, M DAM SITE REC 060 COL 37 BEST AGE FOR PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE. SEE COMME REC 070 COL 46 % CASSITERITE BASED ON .36% TIN. SEE FILE FOR COMPUTATION. REC 613-615 COLS 16-24 RESOURCE QUANTITY IS FOR ENTIRE MILLS WHICH CONTAINS THREE MINES AND ONE PROSPECT, SEQUENCE NUMBER REC 080 COLS 53,63,72 DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF UNDETERMINED NUMBE SMALL ORE SHOOTS (704 PG 51) REC 060 COL 14 REPLACEMENT PEGMATITE PROBABLY RELATED TO EMP MENT OF PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE (704 PP 37-39) REC 060 COL 41 OTHER REFERS TO REPLACEMENT

Reporter information

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

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