Kings Mountain Mine

Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126679
MRDS ID W020944
MAS/MILS ID 0370450029
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Mountain Mine
Related records 10074620

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.38812, 35.20041 (WGS84)
Elevation 280

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.38812, 35.20041

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    FROM 1975 EMJ JOUR., 10,000 TO 100,000 TONS ORE, 10,000 TO 1

  • Deposit

    MINE PRODUCES SCRAP MICA.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 1981

  • Deposit

    RCF 1981

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.