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Jones Tin Mine

Past Producer in Gaston county in North 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272287
MRDS ID W026982
MAS/MILS ID 0370710009
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Tin Mine
Related records 10078582

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.32342, 35.342 (WGS84)
Elevation 290

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer City(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
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.32342, 35.342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.8M
    Length 305M
    Width 46M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    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 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N80W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820629
  • Length 91M
    Width 61M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    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
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 820629
  • Area 0.8HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .8
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-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-Operator
    Owner Carolina Tin Co.
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Carolinas Tin And Development Co.
    Home office South Carolina
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. M. Carpenter And A. R. Rudisill
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAS FILES.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WAR MINERAL REPORTS.

  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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/OPERATOR, 1905-REF. 70 RECORD 050/ A CARLOAD OF CONCENTRATES WAS SHIPPED IN 1904-RE 703, P. 144. RECORD 060/ DESCRIPTION OF PEGMATITE RECORD 061/ DESCRIPTION OF PLACER MATERIALS RECORDS 070-071/ DESCRIPTION OF PEGMATITE MINERALS RECORD 072/ DESCRIPTION OF PLACER-RESIDUAL MINERALS RECORD 180/ CHARACTERISTICS OF PEGMATITE DEPOSIT RECORD 280/ CHARACTERISTICS OF PLACER DEPOSIT MATRIX RECORD 1/ DATA APPLIES ONLY TO PEGMATITE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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