Prospect Number Twenty-Six

Occurrence in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodities Mica, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184589
MAS/MILS ID 0010370022
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Number Twenty-Six
Alternate or previous names Pasture Property, Bentley Tin Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -86.23747, 32.90156 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
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 018 E 11 E2SWSE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -86.23747, 32.90156

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3225M
    Width 30M
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N15E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 820430

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
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 Pasture Property
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, FRANK, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULL 54, 1944

  • Deposit

    THOENEN AND PALLISTER, BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPORT 1.54, SAMP

  • Deposit

    TIN DEPOSITS NEAR ROCKFORD, ALA ,1945

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-814 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 030 COL 47 DEVELOPMENT IS SHALLOW PIT (700 PG 58) REC 010 COL 18 MUSCOVITE XTALS UP TO 100 CM (700 PG 58) REC 040 COL 14 200 METERS REC 040 COL 15 800 METERS BEAVER CREEK REC 080 COL 35-52,72 NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE REC 040 COL 16 ROCKFORD MAY BE CLOSEST SOURCE, APPROX 1500 M REC 040 COL 65 ORE BODY APPROX 30BY 3225 METERS REC 060 COL 37 BEST AGE KNOWN FOR PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE, SEE REC 040 COL 47 MOSTLY SCRUB SECOND GROWTH, SOME GRAZING REC 060 COL 14 REPLACEMENT IN SHIST OF ASHLAND SERIES ,PROBA OCIATED WITH EMPLACEMENT OF PINCKNEYVILLE GRANITE (700 PP 37 REC 060 COL 40 OTHER REFERS TO REPLACEMENT REC 020 NO REFERENCE INFORMATION, BUT POSSIBLY COOSA CASSITE CORP PROSPECT

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.