Unnamed Prospect In Vicinity of J

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272333
MRDS ID W026977
MAS/MILS ID 0370710030
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect In Vicinity of J
Alternate or previous names Enkins Farm
Related records 10078578

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.29012, 35.3751 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
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

Lincolnton West(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
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.29012, 35.3751

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 19HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 19
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nc Tin Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KESLER, T.L., TIN-SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, USGS BUL

  • Deposit

    1942

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN FOLIO 222, USGS,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-805 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 030 COLS 14-30 LOCATION FROM 700 PLATE 40 REC 040 COLS 15-16 WATER .2 KM WEST, ELECTRICITY POSSIBLY .6 REC 040 COL 65 BASED ON RADIUS OF 244 METERS (700 TABLE 18) REC 060 COL 14 FLOAT ONLY (700 TABLE 18) REC 060 COL 37 LATE OR POST CARBONIFEROUS (702 PG 11)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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