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Unnamed Tin Prospect Di-001

Occurrence in Iredell county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Tin
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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 10096493
MRDS ID W027028
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Tin Prospect Di-001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.76563, 35.83759 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 0.9 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF SOUTH FROM CONFLUENCE OF FIFTH CREEK AND BEAVER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iredell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Statesville East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Iredell

Comments on the location information

  • ON NNE TREND OF KINGS MOUNTAIN METAMORPHIC ROCK GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPARSE TIN IN PEGMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Biotite Gneiss and Schist
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Statesville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL PEGMATITE DIKE WITH LOW TIN VALUES

Comments on development

  • MAY BE A CONTINUATION OF CAROLINAS TIN - SPODUMENE PEGMATITE BELT LOCATED TO THE SSE; CORE DRILLING INDICATED LOW TIN VALUES IN PEGMATITE AT DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLOW, JESSE W., 1977, PERSONAL COMM.

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT LOCATED IN STATESVILLE EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000

  • Deposit

    1918 DIREXPL UNKNOWN; PROSPECT DRILL CORE

  • Production

    WHITLOW, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PEGMATITE DIKES PROSPECTED ARE THIN, SHORT, AND WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN

Reporter information

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

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