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Indian Creek Deposit

Producer in Lincoln county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Lithium, Beryllium, Tin, Feldspar, Quartz
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078613
MRDS ID W027030
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.25315, 35.42371 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(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 Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Feldspar Secondary
Quartz Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.25315, 35.42371
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lithium Corp. Of America

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA NOT AVAILABLE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1955
    Total resources 3129000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lithium Li 7.4 wt-pct Lithium Major 1955

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATION BASED ON AN ASSUMED AVERAGE LITHIA CONTENT AND AREA OF SPODUMENE CONTAINING PEGMATITES PROJECTED TO A MINABLE DEPTH FOR EACH AREA LITTLE SUBSURFACE DATA AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, A. E., 1956, LITHIUM CORPORATION OPENS TWO NEW MINES: MINING WORLD, VOL. 18 NO. 1, P. 40-42 AND 76

  • Deposit

    BROADHURST, S. D., 1956, LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 15

  • Production

    1973 MINERALS YEARBOOK: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Reserve-Resource

    BROADHURST, S. D., 1956, LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LARGE STOCKPILE OF ORE WAS AT THIS PLACE IN 1967 BUT WAS NOT BEING MINED THEN. PEGMATITES UP TO 45 METERS THICK AND 310 METERS LONG. HOST ROCKS ARE GNEISSES AND SCHISTS OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN GROUP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

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