Mine detail: Tin Deposit

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Location: Coosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.97933, -86.16247
dep_id: 10084790
mrds_id: W102246
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite
orebody_fm: DEPOSITS CONTAIN CASSITERITE VEINLET AS MUCH AS 1/8 IN IN THICKNESS
Reporter: Cannon, Susan
References:
  • Deposit:: HUNTER, F.R., 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE ALABAMA TIN BELT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULLETIN 54, 61 PP.
  • Deposit:: SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULLETIN 55, 94 PP.
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