Hallman-Beam Mill

Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, Lithium, 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 10272460
MAS/MILS ID 0370719001
Record type Site
Current site name Hallman-Beam Mill
Alternate or previous names Hallman-Bean Mill, Lithium Corp of America Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.31512, 35.3401 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

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 Tertiary
Lithium Critical Primary
Mica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.31512, 35.3401

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Lithium Corp. Of America
    ID 3101121

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION*SPODUMEN

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MARCH 14-15, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    FROM 1975 EMJ DIR-ACT ORE TONNAGE 347000, 1 TO 10 MILLION TO

  • Deposit

    WASTE. 75-76 WORLD MINES REG-CRUDE CAP 2000 TPD, SPODUMENE

  • Deposit

    500000 TONS PER YEAR, ORE CONC CAP 1500 TPD.

  • Deposit

    MILL PROCESSES LITHIUM ORE.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP 1981

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/30/1988
MSHA mine ID3101121
Mine name (MSHA)Hallman/Beam Mill
Current operatorLithco
Current controller (parent)FMC Corp
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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