Kings Mountain-Catawba Mine

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Copper

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10072172
MRDS ID	W016664
Record type	Site
Current site name	Kings Mountain-Catawba Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-81.33315, 35.21678 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(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
Copper	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-81.33315, 35.21678	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on the production information

BETWEEN 1820 AND 1830, ANNUAL PROD. WAS 200 TONS OF LEAD. TOTAL PROD. IS UNKNOWN, BUT DID NOT EXCEED A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF GALENA.

Comments on the workings information

SHAFTS AND CREVICES

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W016664

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	INCLUDES MINE A GERBORE, MINE A LANYE, MINE A MANETEO, MINE A LA PLATA, MINE A (BOGY, DESLOGE), TAYLOR, MCKEE, BUTCHER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1976	Weeks, Robert	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

Status	Active since 12/15/1972
MSHA mine ID	3100047
Mine name (MSHA)	Kings Mountain Plant
Current operator	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
Current controller (parent)	Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

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