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Unnamed Mica Prospect Fl - 058

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Brick Clay, Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078260
MRDS ID W026502
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mica Prospect Fl - 058

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39038, 35.20511 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position 6.5 KM NE OF GROVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(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

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE AND EAST SIDE OF CHERRYVILLE PLUTON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary
Mica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEGMATITES IN CAROLINA TIN - SPODUMENE PEGMATITE BELT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOOD QUALITY MICA BOOKS 7.6 CM ACROSS IN SHAFT
Result GOOD QUALITY MICA BOOKS 5 TO 7.6 CM ACROSS FOUND IN NEARBY OUTCROPS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.39038, 35.20511
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Side Of Cherryville Pluton

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP NW
    Thickness 10.5M
    Length 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheared Highly Metamorphosed Carolina Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION FROM SMALL AREA OF WORKINGS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINOR AREA OF MICA RESOURCES AS MOST PEGMATITES SHORT AND THIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 130M

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; SHAFT FILLED; TWO PITS WATER - FILLED, OTHERS LESS THAN 6 M DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 13 , PROSPECT LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    KESLER, THOMAS L., 1942 , THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINERALS INVEST 1942 , PART 2, J-R, TEXT P. 245 TO 269

  • Deposit

    BROADHURST, SAM D, 1956 , LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONS. AND DEVEL., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, INFOR. CIRC. 15 , MINE TEXT P. 19 , 25 , TEXT 37 P.

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOMAP KESLER, PEGMATITE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE BROADHURST, N. C. STATE, HISTORY

  • Production

    TOPO 1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST INDIVIDUAL PEGMATITES IN THIS AREA QUITE SMALL, BUT SOME 6 TO 10.5 M THICK, AND 60 M TO 240 M LONG WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN
Deposit PEGMATITES VARY AS TO TIN BEARING, LITHIUM BEARING, MICA BEARING, ETC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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