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Unnamed Tin Float Occurrence Fl-131

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093766
MRDS ID W027007
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Tin Float Occurrence Fl-131
Related records 10175789

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.34149, 35.23594 (WGS84)
Elevation 285
Relative position 0.6 KM SE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY; LOCATION NOT EXACT; ADJACENT TO URBANIZATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CASSITERITE FLOAT OCCURRENCE; PEGMATITE DIKE NOT LOCATED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Roan Gneiss;Paleo Kings Mountain Group
    Rock description Roan Gneiss;Paleo Kings Mountain Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.34149, 35.23594
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PROBABLY LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Two Metamorphic Rock Units

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • FLOAT OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL, LOW - GRADE TIN - BEARING PEGMATITE; OCCURRENCE INDICATES CONTINUITY OF TIN-SPODUMENE PEGMATITE ZONE

Comments on development

  • THE NNE TRENDING CAROLINAS TIN - SPODUMENE BELT HAS A LENGTH OF 39.2 KM, MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 2.9 KM, AND CONTAINS AT LEAST 92 TIN OCCURRENCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KESLER, T. L., 1942, THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, USGS BULL. 936 J, TABLE 18, P. 245 TO 269

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN KINGS MT. TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    KESLER, 1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; FLOAT OCCURRENCE ONLY; NO PEGMATITE SEEN IN PLACE; COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES NE, DIPS NW; MOST DIKES THIN, SHORT AND WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK MUSCOVITE SCHIST AND HORNBLENDE GNEISS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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