1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Kings Mountain

Prospect in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Lithium, Feldspar, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tin, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024747
MRDS ID ISM0493
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Mountain
Alternate or previous names Foote Minerals
Related records 10200004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.34982, 35.25011 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Relative position MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Blacksburg-Formation;Cherryville-Q.M
    Rock description Blacksburg-Formation;Cherryville-Q.M

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.34982, 35.25011
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name North Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Foote Mineral Co.
    Home office Shiprock, N.M.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 9000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lithium Li 1.5 wt-pct Lithium Major 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KESLER,T:L:,1942:THE TIN-SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS.--U.S.DEPT.OF THE INTERIOR,GEOL SURVEY,BULL.936-J.P.245-268.(+MAPS,FIGURES)

  • Deposit

    KUNASZ,I.A.,1982:FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY,KINGS MOUNTAIN OPERATION.- IN:CERNY.P.(EDITOR): SHORT COURSE IN GRANITE PEGMATITES IN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. MIN.ASSOC.OF CANADA,WINNIPEG MAY 1982.(505-511)

  • Deposit

    HORTON,J.W.,JR.,BUTLER.J.R.& MILTON,D.J.(EDITORS)1981:GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN THE CAROLINAS.--CAROLINA GEOL.SOC.,FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK 16;1981,247P.

  • Deposit

    HORTON,J.W.,JR.& BUTLER.J.R.,1986:THE KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT AND SPODUMENE PEGMATITE DISTRICT..-GEOL.SOC.OF AMER.CENTENN.FIELD GUIDE,SE-SECTION,P239-244

  • Production

    FORM 10-K,1987 USBM-DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Anstett, Terrance F. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site