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Bessemer City Operations

Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, Lithium, Mica, Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10151188
MRDS ID ISM0480
MAS/MILS ID 0370710044
Record type Site
Current site name Bessemer City Operations
Alternate or previous names Lithium Mine, Hallman Mine, Hallman-Beam Mine, Bessemer Operations
Related records 10024735

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.31232, 35.339 (WGS84)
Elevation 270
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer City(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
Feldspar Secondary
Lithium Critical Primary
Mica Secondary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Amphibolite and Biotite Gneiss
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 40E
    Length 460M
    Width 250M
    Area 100HA
    Depth to top 85M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N45E:40E
    Minimum Depth to Top 80
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 830623

Comments on the geologic information

  • OTHER MODE OF ORIGIN IS IGNEOUS INTRUSION. OTHER TYPE OF WALL ROCK ALTERATION IS CONTACT METAMORPHISM. ORE BODY EXTENDS TO A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 90 METERS. ORE BODY THICKNESS VARIES FROM 10 TO 30 METERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Tin-Spod Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fmc Corp. - Lithium Div.
    Interest 100
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1985

Comments on the ownership information

  • TOTAL MILL PERSONNEL IS 38. LITHIUM CORP OF AMERICA AND BS & B ENGINEERING CO SOLD BY GULF RESOURCES & CHEMICAL CORP TO FMC CORPORATION FOR $150 MILLION ON JUL 19, 1985.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 385000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lithium Lithium 385000mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 310000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 310000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 388000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 388000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 361000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 361000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 437000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 437000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 515000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 515000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 513000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 513000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 532000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 532000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 582000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 582000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 488000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 488000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 437000 Mt Ore/Yr 1.54%Li2o
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 437000mt 2wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 630000 Mt Ore/Yr 1.42%Li2o
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 630000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1985
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 590000 Mt Ore/Yr 1.4%Li2o
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lithium Lithium 590000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1986
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 450000 Mt Ore/Yr 1.4%Li2o
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Li2O Ore Lithium Lithium 450000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1987
    Description Spodumene (Lithium) Ore 450000 Mt Ore/Yr 1.4%Li2o
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Li2O Ore Lithium Lithium 450000mt 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Measured 23285000mt ore
    Demonstrated 23285000mt ore
    Total resources 23285000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lithium LiO2 1.46 wt-pct Lithium Major 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 23HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .75
    Percent Waste Rock 70
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 85
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 9
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 55
    Capacity 2720
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.97
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING DISTRICT IS THE NORTH CAROLINA TIN-SPODUMENE BELT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    GULF RESOURCES & CHEMICAL CORPORATION. FORM 10-K, FOR YEAR

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1982. P. 10.

  • Deposit

    BROADHURST, S.D. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPOGRAPHY,

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA.

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT,

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINER. RES. EDUCATIONAL SERIES 2, RALEIGH,

  • Deposit

    N.C., 1952, REV. BY E.P. ALLEN, 1970, 20 PP.

  • Deposit

    ----------. LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT,

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINER. RES. IC 15, RALEIGH, N.C., 1956,

  • Deposit

    37 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROWNING, J.S., AND T.L. MCVAY. BENEFICIATING SPODUMENE

  • Deposit

    FROM PEGMATITES OF GASTON COUNTY, N.C.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 5729, 1960, 12 PP.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN MINING.

  • Deposit

    LITHCO COMPLETES U.S. EXPANSION TO MEET ANTICIPATED

  • Deposit

    GROWTH IN DEMAND. V. 182, NOVEMBER 1981, PP. 43, 47.

  • Deposit

    GREAVES-WALKER, A.F., AND S.G. RIGGS, JR. THE LOCATION AND

  • Deposit

    DISTRIBUTION OF THE CERAMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA. ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION OF THE NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING

  • Deposit

    OF THE UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA BULL. NO. 14, RALEIGH,

  • Deposit

    N.C., OCTOBER 1937, PP. 50-53.

  • Deposit

    GULF RESOURCES & CHEMICAL CORPORATION. FORM 10-K, FOR YEARS

  • Deposit

    ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1977 (P. 22), DECEMBER 31, 1981

  • Deposit

    (P. 13), AND DECEMBER 31, 1982 (P. 10).

  • Deposit

    REDEKER, I.H. CONCENTRATION OF SPODUMENE FROM NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA PEGMATITE ORES. MIN. ENG., V. 31, APRIL 1979,

  • Deposit

    PP. 395-398.

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J.L. MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1960

  • Deposit

    THROUGH 1967. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINER. RES. ECON. PAPER 68,

  • Deposit

    RALEIGH, N.C., 1970, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1954, 1960, 1976,

  • Deposit

    AND 1978-79. CHAPTER ON LITHIUM.

  • Deposit

    ----------. MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1967 AND 1974. CHAPTER ON

  • Deposit

    MINOR NONMETALS.

  • Deposit

    ----------. MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1968 AND 1974-1977. CHAPTER

  • Deposit

    ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

  • Deposit

    WILSON. W.F., P.A. CARPENTER III, AND S.G. CONRAD. NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: A FOUNDATION

  • Deposit

    FOR PROGRESS. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. & ECON.

  • Deposit

    RES. DIVISION OF RES. PLANNING AND EVALUATION

  • Deposit

    EDUCATIONAL SERIES NO. 4, RALEIGH, N.C., 1976, 78 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 690 HECTARES. PROPERTY UPDATED JAN 1988

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 T J M U.S. Bureau of Mines

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