Henry Shaft

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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248640
MRDS ID W027000
MAS/MILS ID 0371090005
Record type Site
Current site name Henry Shaft
Alternate or previous names Henry Carpenter Property
Related records 10078596

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.24542, 35.434 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

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
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.24542, 35.434

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.8M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    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:
    Date of Last Modification 820629

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
    Owner Henry Carpenter
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1942

  • Deposit

    GRATON, L.C., GOLD AND TIN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACH

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 293, 1906

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ATLAS, FOLIO NO. 222, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-816 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 020 QUESTIONABLE WHETHER HENRY SHAFT, 700 TABLE 18, AND TY OF HENRY CARPENTER, 702 PG 51,ARE SAME, BUT GENERAL LOCAT GREES. PROBABLE OWNER AS OF 1906,NO ADDRESS REC 030 COLS 34-46 FROM 700 PLATE 38 APPROXIMATION REC 040 COLS 14-16 CREEK 160 METERS TO NORTH, ROAD AND PROBA ELECTRICITY EAST 370 METERS REC 040 COLS 45 AND 47 SOME WOODLAND AND PASTURE REC 040 COL 65 UNKNOWN REC 050 WORK DONE PRIOR TO 1906 (702 PG 51) REC 060 COL 37 LATEST DETERMINATION IS LATE OR POST CARBONIF SEE 704 PG 11 REC 070 COL 24 THIS FIGURE, FROM 702 PG 51, APPLIES ONLY TO OUTER PORTIONS OF THE DIKE, PROBABLY POCKETS OF CASSITERITE. FIGURE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE REC 080 COL 27 OTHER REFERS TO SCHISTOSITY OF THE COUNTRY RO REC 080 COLS 35-75 NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE (702 PG 51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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