Mine detail: No. 1 Mine

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Location: Coosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.9071, -86.19025
dep_id: 10097451
mrds_id: W029034
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Cassiterite
orebody_fm: PINCH & SWELL, IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Granitization And Formation Of Pegmatites
ore_ctrl: In Pegmatites
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Wedowee Group
hrock_type: Mica Schist,Migmatite
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:: 1944 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: HUNTER, F.R., 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE ALABAMA TIN BELT:ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 54, 61 P.
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