Unnamed Property 1550 Ft N70w Fro

Occurrence in Gaston 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272975
MAS/MILS ID 0370710025
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Property 1550 Ft N70w Fro
Alternate or previous names M Metcalf Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.28042, 35.3951 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
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
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.28042, 35.3951

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
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

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

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, USGS BULL 660-D, TIN OF KINGS MOUNTAIN,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-807 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 040 COL 16 MAY BE ONSITE, DEFINITELY WITHIN 2.5 KM AT LA CHAPEL REC 040 COLS 45 AND 47 SOME WOODLAND AND PASTURE REC 040 COL 65 SIZE UNKNOWN REC 060 COL 41 JOINTING REC 060 COL 37 LATE OR POST CARBONIFEROUS (700 PG 11, 701 PG REC 030 COLS 14-30 FROM 702 PLATE 40

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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