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Old Well Tin Mine Shaft

Past Producer in Lincoln county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Tin, Lithium, Quartz, Feldspar
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106018
MRDS ID W027002
Record type Site
Current site name Old Well Tin Mine Shaft
Related records 10297147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.2426, 35.42538 (WGS84)
Elevation 265
Relative position 1.3 KM NNW OF LONG SHOALS; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincolnton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPARSE TIN ORE IN SPODUMENE - BEARING PEGMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore
Spodumene Ore
Granite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.2426, 35.42538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 17 E, N 18 W
    Dip STEEP NW, 62 SW
    Thickness 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ka-Mi Tin Conc. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY VERY SMALL PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW-GRADE TIN ORE-BEARING PEGMATITE DIKE MATERIAL REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY VERY SMALL WORKINGS

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

    MINE IN LINCOLNTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    KESLER, 1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; USUALLY SHORT DIKES OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
Deposit PEGMATITE IN QUARTZ MUSCOVITE SCHIST

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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