Swamp Shaft Number One

Prospect in Lincoln county in North Carolina, United States with commodity 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. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175999
MAS/MILS ID 0371090002
Record type Site
Current site name Swamp Shaft Number One
Alternate or previous names Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -81.24042, 35.4518 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -81.24042, 35.4518

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 60W
    Area 630HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N25E:60W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 630
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nc Tin Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Co.
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1940
    Inferred 900mt ore
    Total resources 900mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1 wt-pct Tin Trace 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOON, LOWELL, KA-MI-TIN PROPERTY, LINCOLNTON, NC, BUMINES MO

  • Deposit

    WEATHER TECHNICAL FILE NO. 80.6993, 1940 (WAS 75.6002)

  • Deposit

    MOON, LOWELL, BUMINES RI 6004, CAROLINA TIN BELT, STRATEGIC

  • Deposit

    EXAMINATION SECTION

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1942

  • Deposit

    BROADHURST, SAM, NC DIV OF MINERAL RESOURCES ECONOMIC PAPER

  • Deposit

    GRATON, L.C., GOLD AND TIN OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, USG

  • Deposit

    293, 1906

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, TIN RESOURCES OF KINGS MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    BULL 660-D, 1917

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN FOLIO, USGS ATLAS

  • Deposit

    NUMBER 222, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-819 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 011 SWAMP SHAFT IS BEING CONSIDERED SEPARATELY FROM OTHE -TIN PROPERTY (SEQUENCE NUMBER 37-109-0001) DUE TO PUBLISHED SERVE DATA REC 020 SEE 700 SUMMARY, NO ADDRESS AVAILABLE. OWNER AS OF 1 REC 030 COL 48 SHAFT LOCATED ON PLATE 41, REC 704, BUT DUE T OF COORDINATE GRID AND LOCAL REFERENCE POINTS, UTM IS ROUGH MATE ONLY REC 030 COL 67 FROM MINE MAP (704 PLATE 41) REC 040 COL 14-16 SEE 704 PLATE 41, ELECTRICITY PROBABLE ON REC 040 COLS 45 AND 47 SOME PASTURE AND WOODLAND REC 040 COL 65 FOR ENTIRE KA-MI-TIN PROPERTY (702 PG 30) REC 050 YEAR OF WORK COLS, NO INFORMATION EXCEPT COL 50 (700 REC 050 METHOD COLS, FROM 700 PG 8 AND 704 PLATE 41 REC 060 COL 37 FROM 711 PG 11 REC 060 COL 56 AND 61 FROM 704 PLATE 41, SHIST AT DEPTH REC 070 COL 24 CASSITERITE % FROM 1% TIN, 700 PG 1 REC 080 COLS 26-27 SCHISTOSITY AND JOINTING (707 PP 35-37) REC 080 35-75 NO INFORMATION, EXCEPT MINE MAP 704 PLATE 41 REC 613-615 FROM 700 PG 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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