Upper Mostellar Cut

Prospect in Lincoln 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272608
MRDS ID W027003
MAS/MILS ID 0371090008
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Mostellar Cut
Alternate or previous names Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Co
Related records 10078598

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.24652, 35.4232 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincolnton East(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 Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.24652, 35.4232

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 65S
    Length 165M
    Width 12M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60W:65S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nc Tin Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mostellar
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Co
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOON, LOWELL, STRATEGIC MINERAL REPORT 6004, CAROLINA TIN BE

  • Deposit

    MINES, 1940

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1942

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, TIN RESOURCES OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN DIST

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660-D, 1917

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-810 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 030 COLS 34-46 FROM 700 PG 28 AND 702 PLATE 38 REC 040 COLS 14-16 610 METERS WEST OF ROAD AND ELECTRICITY, METERS NORTHEAST OF SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER REC 040 COLS 45 AND 47 SOME PASTURE AND WOODLAND REC 040 COL 65 SIZE UNKNOWN REC 050 COL 30 FROM 700 PG 28 REC 060 COL 37 BEST DETERMINATION IS LATE OR POST CARBONIFER SEE 704 PG 11 AND 705 PG 135 REC 080 COL 27 SCHISTOSITY REC 080 COLS 35-75 FROM 700 PP 28-29

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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