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Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Company

Prospect in Lincoln 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. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272944
MAS/MILS ID 0371090001
Record type Site
Current site name Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Company
Alternate or previous names Condon Shaft, Jake Drift, Mill Site Inclined Shaft, D-H Shaft, Swamp Shaft Number Two, Swamp Shaft Number Three, Bungalow Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.23982, 35.4532 (WGS84)
Elevation 276
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
Kaolin Unknown
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.23982, 35.4532
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 30.5M
    Length 730M
    Width 490M
    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 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

Ownership information

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1940
    Inferred 1360000mt ore
    Total resources 1360000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.25 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, CAROLINA TIN BELT, REPORT NO. 6004 STRATEGIC M

  • 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 KING 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 800-831 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 011-014 ALL WORKS ON KA-MI-TIN PROPERTY ARE CONSIDERED C IVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING A RESERVE ESTIMATE, WITH THE CEPTION OF SWAMP SHAFT NUMBER ONE(SEQUENCE NUMBER 0002) WHIC SEPARATE PUBLISHED DATA ON RESOURCE GRADE REC 020 OWNER AS OF 1940, NO ADDRESS AVAILABLE (SEE 700, SUM REC 030 COL 47-48 APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF PROPERTY. LOCATED EXACTLY ON PLATE 41, REC 704, BUT AGE OF MAP, LACK O ORDINATE GRID AND LACK OF LOCAL REFERENCE POINTS MAKES LOCAT PROPERTY A ROUGH ESTIMATE ONLY REC 030 COL 67 AVERAGE FOR PROPERTY FROM MINE MAP (704, PLAT REC 040 COL 14 UNIMPROVED ROAD (704, PLATE 41) REC 040 COL 15 POND BEHIND EARTH DAM ON SOUTHERN EDGE OF PRO SEE 704, PLATE 41 FOR LOCATION REC 040 COL 16 NEAR BUILT-UP AREA AND PROPERTY BORDERS US 32 REC 040 COLS 45 AND 47 SOME PASTURE AND WOODLAND REC 040 COL 65 ENTIRE COMPANY HOLDING (SEE 702 PG 30) REC 050 COL 34 SEVERAL FIELD SEASONS, STARTED IN 1938(704 PG REC 050 AND 051 COLS FOR YEAR OF WORK, ALL DONE BY 1940, EXC MAPPING. DATE OF INITIAL WORK UNKNOWN (700 PP 5-11) REC 050 COL 70 SEE 700 PP 5-11 REC 060 COL 37 LATEST WORK INDICATES LATE OR POST CARBONIFER BUT WAS EARLIER CONSIDERED PRECAMBRIAN (707 PG 44, 709 PG 13 PG 11) REC 060 COLS 56 AND 61 FROM MINE MAP IN 704, PLATE 41 REC 070 COL 24 FROM .25% TIN (700 PG 12) REC 080 COLS 26-27 SCHISTOSITY AND JOINTING (707 PP 35-37) REC 080 COLS 35-52 NO DATA AVAILABLE REC 080 COLS 53-71 ESTIMATES FROM MINE MAP (704, PLATE 41) REC 080 COL 72 FROM ESTIMATE 700 PG 12 REC 601,613-615 FIGURES FROM 700 PG 12. QUANTITY FOR SWAMP S NUMBER 1 (37-109-0002) FROM 700 PG 1 HAS BEEN SUBTRACTED

Reporter information

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

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