| Deposit ID | 10078254 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026491 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kings Mountain Mica Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.37982, 35.20233 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 280 |
| Relative position | 7.3 KM NE OF GROVER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cleveland(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Grover(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cleveland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Oligoclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Whiteside Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Whiteside Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Rock unit name | Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss |
| Rock description | Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss |
| (1) | -81.37982, 35.20233 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East Side Of Cherryville Pluton |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | STEEP NW |
| Thickness | 10.5M |
| Length | 300M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1931 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Gypsum Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 25M |
| Overall length | 822.96M |
| Overall width | 800M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026491 |
BROADHURST, SAM D., 1956 , LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONS. AND DEVEL., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, INFO. CIRC. 15 , MINE TEXT P. 19 , 25 , TEXT 37 P.
KESLER, THOMAS L., 1942 , THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATEGIC MINERALS INVEST. 1942 , PART 2 , J - R, TEXT P. 245 TO 269
QUARRY SITE LOCATED IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
1942 GEOMAP KESLER, PEGMATITE LOCATIONS
1956 COMPILE BROADHURST, N. C. STATE, HISTORY
TOPO, 1971
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PEGMATITES VARY AS TO TIN - BEARING, LITHIUM - BEARING, MICA - BEARING, ETC. |
| Deposit | MOST INDIVIDUAL PEGMATITES IN THIS AREA QUITE SMALL, BUT SOME 6 TO 10.5 M THICK, AND 60 M TO 300 M LONG, WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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