Mine detail: No 7 Mine

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Location: Coosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.90377, -86.19553
dep_id: 10079477
mrds_id: W029036
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Cassiterite
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Wedowee Group
hrock_type: Phyllite
arock_type: Diorite,Pegmatite
tectonic: Tallapoosa Block
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:: HUNTER, F.R., 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE ALABAMA TIN BELT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 54, 61 P.
  • Deposit:: 1944 RECON AG
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