Allen and Baldwin Tin Prospects

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Tin, Lithium, Quartz, Feldspar
Sections on this page
  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 10078576
MRDS ID W026975
Record type Site
Current site name Allen and Baldwin Tin Prospects
Related records 10232278

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.28676, 35.3826 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 4.6 KM SSE OF CROUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincolnton West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPARSE TIN IN SPODUMENE - BEARING PEGMATITES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore
Spodumene Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Mica Gneiss Unit
    Rock description Mica Gneiss Unit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.28676, 35.3826

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Possible Shear System

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 73 NW
    Thickness 0.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Mica Gneiss Unit And Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTS ONLY, NOT OPERATIONAL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME PEGMATITES WITH LOW-GRADE TIN ORE ARE PRESENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 13.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PEGMATITE DIKES WORKED, ALLEN PROSPECT PIT 0.6 M DEEP, BALDWIN 13.5 M DEEP

Comments on development

  • THE NNE TRENDING CAROLINAS TIN - SPODUMENE BELT HAS A LENGTH OF 39.2 KM, MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 2.9 KM, AND CONTAINS AT LEAST 92 TIN OCCURRENCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KESLER, T. L., 1942, THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, USGS BULL. 936 J, TABLE 18, P. 245 TO 269

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTS IN LINCOLNTON WEST TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    KESLER, 1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; SEVERAL PEGMATITES IN AREA; PEGMATITE DIKES USUALLY THIN, SHORT, AND WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN
Deposit PEGMATITE IN QUARTZ MUSCOVITE SCHIST AND HORNBLENDE GNEISS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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