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Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-141

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Tin, Lithium, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10089472
MRDS ID W027017
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.36871, 35.20789 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position 4.3 KM SW OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

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 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
Lithium Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPARSE TIN IN SPODUMENE - BEARING PEGMATITES

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;Carolina Gneiss
    Rock description Roan Gneiss;Carolina Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.36871, 35.20789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Thickness 0.03M
    Length 22.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Two Metamorphic Rock Units

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 ONLY SMALL, LOW - GRADE TIN - BEARING PEGMATITES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1M

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

    OCCURRENCE IN KINGS MT. TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    KESLER, 1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST DIKES THIN, SHORT, AND WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN; ANOTHER DEPOSIT LOCATED BY KEITH (1931) IS 250 M TO NORTHEAST
Deposit PEGMATITE IN MUSCOVITE SCHIST

Reporter information

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

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