| Deposit ID | 10184682 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0010370003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prospect Number Six |
| Alternate or previous names | Locality One, The Doctors Place |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.10387, 33.01956 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 260 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coosa(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goodwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Birmingham(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Coosa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Stephens | 024 N | 020 E | 31 | SESW | Alabama |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | Elkahatchee Quartz Diorite Gneiss |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Locality One |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0010370003 |
HUNTER F. GEOL. OF ALB. TIN BELT GEOL. SUR. ALB. BUL. 54 P 5
BOWLES E 1939 TIN DEPSTS. COOSA COUNTY GEOL. SUR ALB. MISC P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SOME TIN HAS BEEN FOUND IN ONE OF THE MANY NARROW PEGMATITE IN CRENULATED PHYLLITE BUT THE MOST NOTABLE OCCURANCE IS IN OF FLOAT.SOME OF THE FLOAT CONTAINS EXCEPTIONAL AMTS. OF CAS E. BLOCKS 1 TO 2 FT. THICK ARE STREWN OVER AN AREA 200 FT LO 100 FT WIDE. THESE BLOCKS CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 2-3 PCT. CASSIT YS MADE BY BOWLES(1939) REVEAL AS MUCH AS 2.8 PCT. METALLIC THERE ARE NO TONNAGE ESTIMATES FOR DEPOSIT. REC/080 COLS 35-58 INFO NOT AVAILABLE. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Harrison | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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