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Murphy-Houser Spodumene Deposit

Producer in Gaston 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089476
MRDS ID W027029
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy-Houser Spodumene Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.29704, 35.38538 (WGS84)

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.29704, 35.38538
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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 TONNAGE NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH 1973 BUT PLANT CAPACITY AT BESSEMER CITY IS 1000 TONS OF ORE PER DAY AND MOST OF THE ORE IS FROM THIS DEPOSIT AND THE INDIAN CREEK DEPOSIT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATION BASED ON SURFACE AREA OF PEGMATITES PROJECTED TO A MINEABLE DEPTH AND ASSUMING 20 PERCENT AN AVERAGE CONTENT FOR SPODUMENE WHICH CONTAINS 7.3 PERCENT LITHIA. LITTLE SUBSURFACE DATA AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, A. E., 1956, LITHIUM CORPORATION OPENS TWO NEW MINES; MINING WORLD, VOL. 18, 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 LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE NO LOCATION IN LITERATURE

Reporter information

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

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