| Deposit ID | 10090106 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027026 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ross Mine and Placer |
| Related records | 10250774 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.62813, 35.08761 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 213 |
| Relative position | 2.5 KM NE OF GAFFNEY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cherokee(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gaffney(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 | South Carolina | Cherokee |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Roan Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock description | Roan Gneiss | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -81.62813, 35.08761 |
|---|
| General form | STREAM AREA AND LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 46 E |
| Dip | 53 SE |
| Thickness | 2.7M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
|---|---|
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1902 |
| Discoverer | S. S. Ross |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ross |
| Year | 1906 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1903-1906 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^67% Tin | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 60M |
| Overall depth | 36.3M |
| Overall length | 148.13M |
| Overall width | 42M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027026 |
KESLER, T. L., 1942, THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS USGS BULL. 936 J, TABLE 18, P. 245 TO 269
KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931, GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222, USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U.S., MINE TEXT P. 11, TEXT 13 P.
MINE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS
1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
KESLER, 1942 FROM SLOAN
Kesler, T.L., 1942, The Tin-Spodumene Belt Of The Carolinas, A Preliminary Report: USGS Bulletin 936-J, P. 245-269.Kesler, T.L., 1942, The Tin-Spodumene Belt Of The Carolinas, A Preliminary Report: USGS Bulletin 936-J, P. 245-269.
Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina, South Carolina Geol. Survey Bull. No. 2, Series Iv, P. 85Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina, South Carolina Geol. Survey Bull. No. 2, Series Iv, P. 85
Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BOTH PEGMATITES AND ALLUVIUM AND COLLUVIUM MINED; STRIKE LENGTH ABOUT 32.3 M, PITCH LENGTH ABOUT 60 M |
| Deposit | PEGMATITES IN HORNBLENDE GNEISS; GRANITE STRINGERS OUTCROP IN AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Tin Concentrates |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-DEC-2002 | Nicholson, S.W. | U.S. Geological Survey | Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary |
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