Faires Tin Mine

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Lithium, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10175039
MRDS ID W027011
MAS/MILS ID 0370450009
Record type Site
Current site name Faires Tin Mine
Alternate or previous names E. C. Faires Property, Atlas Shaft, Faires Prospect
Related records 10089470

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.34922, 35.22091 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.34922, 35.22091

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 85W
    Thickness 29M
    Width 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N30E:85W
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. E. C. Faires
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Atlas Collapsible Tube Co.
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KESLER, T. L., 1942, THE TIN-SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY REPORT/ U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 936-J,

  • Deposit

    TO 269.

  • Deposit

    GRATON, L. C., 1906, RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME GOLD AND TIN DEP

  • Deposit

    OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS/ U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLET

  • Deposit

    NUMBER 293, P. 31-57.

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITTS, W. R. & OLSON, J. C., 1953, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, PART 5, SHELBY-HICKORY DISTRICT NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA/ U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 248-D,

  • Deposit

    221-226.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, A. & STERRETT, D. B., 1917, TIN RESOURCES OF THE KING

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA/ U. S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 660-D, P. 132-146.

  • Deposit

    PRATT, J. H. & STERRETT, D. B., 1904, THE TIN DEPOSITS OF TH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINAS/ NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 19, PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED-1975 RECORD 020/ ENTRY IS LAST KNOWN OWNER, 1906 RECORD 021/ ENTRY IS LAST KNOWN OPERATOR, 1942 NO RESERVE ESTIMATE CAN BE MADE DUE TO THE IRREGULAR OCCURRE EXTENT OF THE PEGMATITE BODIES DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ACTIVE MINING AREA OF CAROLINA TIN-SPODUME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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