Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-142

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Tin, Lithium, 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. 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 10096492
MRDS ID W027018
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.36676, 35.20594 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 4.4 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 Secondary
Feldspar Secondary
Mica Secondary

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
    Rock description Roan Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.36676, 35.20594

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PROBABLY LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLOAT PEGMATITE, AND GRAINS OF CASSITERITE, COLUMBITE, AND ANDALUSITE IN SOIL RESIDUAL FROM CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE

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

  • FLOAT OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME SMALL, LOW - GRADE TIN - BEARING PEGMATITES IN BEDROCK

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 FLOAT PEGMATITE IN SOILS; ANOTHER DEPOSIT LOCATED BY KEITH (1931) IS 300 M TO SOUTHWEST; MOST DIKES THIN, SHORT, AND WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN
Deposit PEGMATITES ENTIRELY WITHIN ROAN GNEISS AS WELL AS ALONG ITS CONTACT WITH OTHER YOUNGER AND OLDER ROCK UNITS;

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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