Mine detail: Prospect No. 12

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Location

Lat / long:

32.98433, -86.13775

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Ore:	Cassiterite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1932

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Wedowee Group
Host type:	Mica Schist
Associated type:	Diorite,Quartzite,Pegmatite
Tectonic:	Tallapoosa Block

References

MRDS	W029037
DEP	10079478
Reference	{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:: 1944 RECON AGS}{Deposit:: HUNTER, F.R., 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE ALABAMA TIN BELT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 54, 61 P.}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.