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Moss Kaolin and Mica Mine

Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Kaolin, Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107504
MRDS ID W026488
Record type Site
Current site name Moss Kaolin and Mica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.38815, 35.19789 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position 6.3 KM NE OF GROVER

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE AND EAST SIDE OF CHERRYVILLE PLUTON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEGMATITES IN CAROLINA TIN - SPODUMENE PEGMATITE BELT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore
Muscovite Ore
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolin From Weathering Of Feldspar

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.38815, 35.19789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Side Of Cherryville Pluton

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP NW
    Thickness 10.5M
    Length 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kings Mountain Mica Co., Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION FROM MODERATELY SMALL AREA OF WORKINGS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINOR AREA OF KAOLIN AND MICA RESOURCES AS MOST PEGMATITES SHORT AND THIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPO SHOWS WORKING AS WATER-FILLED POND; BOUNDRY OF COMPANY PROPERTY NOT KNOWN; LOCATION OF ACTIVE PIT NOT KNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    KESLER, THOMAS L., 1942 , THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINERALS INVEST. 1942 , PART 2 , J-R, TEXT P. 245 TO 269

  • Deposit

    QUARRY SITE LOCATED IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOMAP KESLER, PEGMATITE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE BROAD HURST, N. C. STATE, HISTORY

  • Production

    TOPO, 1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST INDIVIDUAL PEGMATITES IN THIS AREA QUITE SMALL, BUT SOME 6 TO 10.5 M THICK, AND 60 M TO 240 M LONG WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN
Deposit PEGMATITES VARY AS TO TIN BEARING, LITHIUM BEARING, MICA BEARING, ETC.

Reporter information

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

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