Ross Tin Prospect

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Tin, Quartz, Feldspar, Mica
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078610
MRDS ID W027022
Record type Site
Current site name Ross Tin Prospect
Related records 10248101

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39288, 35.18928 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position 5.1 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
Tin Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TIN - ORE STRINGER ALONG PEGMATITE WALL; SPARSE GRAINS WITHIN PEGMATITE MASS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz 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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.39288, 35.18928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Kings Mountain Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer S. S. Ross

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

  • A LOW - GRADE TIN - BEARING PEGMATITE MASS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT ONLY

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

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931, GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222, USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., MINE TEXT P. 12, TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTIONS

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; MOST DIKES THIN, SHORT, AND WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN
Deposit PEGMATITE IN BLUISH MUSCOVITE SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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