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Ross Tin Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Tin
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  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 10250774
MRDS ID W027026
MAS/MILS ID 0450210006
Record type Site
Current site name Ross Tin Mine
Related records 10090106

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -81.62733, 35.08651 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaffney(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 South Carolina Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -81.62733, 35.08651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N42W
    Dip 06S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 168M
    Width 168M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N42W:06S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Date of Last Modification 780213
  • Strike N47E
    Dip 53S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 274M
    Width 244M
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    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
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N47E:53S
    Minimum Depth to Top 20
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 20
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213
  • Area 4.2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4.2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1902

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-Operator
    Owner Captain S. S. Ross
    Home office South Carolina
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner David Banta
    Home office South Carolina
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Measured 544000mt ore
    Indicated 2520000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3064000mt ore
    Inferred 11000000mt ore
    Total resources 14064000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 2 wt-pct Tin Major 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUDSON, J. M., 1949, TIN FOR SECURITY, UNPUBLISHED EVALUATIO

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    269.

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUT

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA/ SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SERIES IV, BULLET

  • Deposit

    NUMBER 2, P. 83-93.

  • 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. 49-50.

  • 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. 135-137.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CAROLINAS/ NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 19, P.

  • Deposit

    HESS, F. L. & GRATON, L. C., TIN, IN EMMONS, S. F. & HAYES,

  • Deposit

    1905, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1904/ U. S. GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULLETIN 260, P. 161-164, 188-195.

  • 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

    224.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, A. & STERRETT, D. B., 1931, GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN FO

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED-1975 RECORD 020/ ENTRY IS LAST KNOWN OWNER AND OPERATED THE MINE 1902-1907-REFERENCE 704, P. 85. RECORD 021/ ENTRY HOLDS LONG TERM LEASE ON THE MINERAL PROPE REFERENCE 700, P. 7. RECORD 060/ DESCRIPTION OF PLACER ORE BODY RECORD 061/ DESCRIPTION OF PEGMATITE ORE BODIES RECORD 070/ DESCRIPTION OF PLACER MATERIAL-REFERENCE 704, P. RECORDS 071-072/ DESCRIPTION OF PEGMATITE ORE MINERALS RECORD 180/ CHARACTERISTICS OF PLACER DEPOSIT RECORD 180, COLUMN 23/ PLACER ORE BODY FOLLOWS SHAPE OF AREA SEE REFERENCE 704, P. 88. RECORD 180, COLUMN 27/ ORE CONTROLLED BY SPECIFIC GRAVITY AN INSOLUABILITY OF CASSITERITE RECORD 280, COLUMNS 31-32/ TOURMALINIZATION IS WALLROCK ALTE SEE REFERENCE 710, P. 136 MATRIX RECORD 6/ INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM REFERENCE 700, P. UNCONFIRMED FILE REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-96 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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