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Unnamed Spodumene Prospect and Tin Occurrence

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Lithium, Tin, Quartz, Feldspar, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078609
MRDS ID W027021
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Spodumene Prospect and Tin Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.38482, 35.19261 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Relative position 5.9 KM ENE 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

  • NORTHWEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPARSE SPODUMENE IN SMALL TIN - BEARING PEGMATITE DIKE

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.38482, 35.19261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Thickness 0.02M

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

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL PEGMATITE DIKES WITH LOW VALUES OF SPODUMENE AND TIN

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT ONLY

Comments on development

  • THE NNE TRENDING CAROLINAS TIN - SPODUMENE BELT HAS A LENGTH OF 39.2 KM AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 2.9 KM

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

    PROSPECT IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    KESLER, 1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; MOST DIKES SHORT WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN; TIN OCCURRENCE 7.5 M TO SOUTH
Deposit PEGMATITES IN HORNBLENDE GNEISS

Reporter information

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

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