| Deposit ID | 10078600 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kings Mountain Tin Mine |
| Related records | 10296809 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.34232, 35.24567 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 300 |
| Relative position | 0.5 KM NNE FROM CENTER OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY; MINE AREA NOW URBANIZED |
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 Catawba(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cleveland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Lithium Critical | Primary |
| Quartz | Secondary |
| Feldspar | Secondary |
| Mica | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Spodumene | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||
| Rock unit name | Roan Gneiss;Carolina Gneiss | ||
| Rock description | Roan Gneiss;Carolina Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -81.34232, 35.24567 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | VARIABLE |
| Dip | VARIABLE |
| Thickness | 1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Discoverer | Blue Ridge Tin Corp. |
| Year of first production | 1907 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 22.5M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027005 |
KESLER, T. L., 1942, THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, USGS BULL. 936 J, TABLE 18, P. 245 TO 269
KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931, GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222, USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., MINE TEXT P. 11, TEXT 13 P.
MINE IN KINGS MT. TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS
1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
KESLER, 1942
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOST DIKES THIN, SHORT, AND WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN; DIKES NEARLY CONFORMABLE TO BEDROCK, BEDROCK STRONGLY FOLDED |
| Deposit | PEGMATITE IN MUSCOVITE SCHIST AND HORNBLENDE GNEISS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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