Pegmatite Outcropings: Cassiterite & Feldspar Rockhounding in Coosa County, Alabama

Plan your visit

Permission required before collecting

County

Coosa County

State

Alabama

Postcode

35136

Coordinates

32.92624, -86.21743

Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground in the RockHoundR app, where land overlays show which agency manages the area.

Land & collecting status

Permission required before collecting

Requires landowner or agency permission before any collecting. Do not enter without explicit authorization.

Access note: The Coosa County pegmatite and tin belt lies mostly on private land, so collecting at the old pits and outcrops requires landowner permission. Some material weathers into public road cuts and creek gravels along county roads, which are the easiest legal places to search. Ask before entering any posted or mined ground.

Public-land rules vary by agency, season, and field office. The RockHoundR app pulls live BLM, USFS, NPS, and tribal overlays so you can see exactly which agency manages the ground at this spot.

Best time to visit Pegmatite Outcropings

Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)

Conditions here are workable year-round, with typical highs from 54°F in winter to 88°F in summer.

Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, ROCKFORD 3 ESE station (5 mi away).

Geology at Pegmatite Outcropings

This spot sits on Wedowee Group; Wedowee Group undifferentiated, mapped as mica schist and phyllite that formed roughly 4600 to 250 million years ago. Metamorphic terrain like this typically carries quartz veins and sweats, and weathered crystals tend to end up in the soils and streams below.

Mapped unit

Wedowee Group; Wedowee Group undifferentiated

Age

4600–250 Ma (Precambrian to Paleozoic)

Rock types

mica schist and phyllite

Elevation

730 ft

Geologic mapping via Macrostrat and the underlying state geological survey maps (CC BY 4.0). Bedrock at the surface can vary within a mapped unit.

Sources & verification

Spot details combine the public RockHoundR location dataset, normalized mineral labels, agency land-status checks in the app, and community submissions. Coordinates are approximate until verified in the field.

• Geological Survey of Alabama
• National Forests in Alabama
• Alabama State Parks rules
• Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules