Allen Prospect

Prospect in Gaston 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232278
MRDS ID W026975
MAS/MILS ID 0370710028
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Prospect
Alternate or previous names Baldwin Prospect
Related records 10078576

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.28542, 35.3829 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincolnton West(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 Gaston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Mica Unknown
Spodumene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.28542, 35.3829

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 73N
    Length 15M
    Width 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N85E:73N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KESLER, T.L., TIN-SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, USGS 936-

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN FOLIO 222, USGS,

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, TIN RESOURCES OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN DIST

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660-D, 1917

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-806 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 030 COLS 14-30 FROM 700 PLATE 40 REC 040 COL 15-16 WATER .4 KM WEST AT BEAVERDAM CREEK, ELECT IS POSSIBLY ONSITE ALONG ROAD, DEFINITELY WITHIN 3 KM REC 040 COL 65 NO INFORMATION REC 060 COL 37 LATE OR POST CARBONIFEROUS (701 PG 11) REC 080 INFO FROM 702 PP 145-146

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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