Old Well Shaft

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 10297147
MRDS ID W027002
MAS/MILS ID 0371090007
Record type Site
Current site name Old Well Shaft
Alternate or previous names Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Company
Related records 10106018

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.24312, 35.427 (WGS84)
Elevation 280

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) -81.24312, 35.427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N17E
    Dip 62W
    Thickness 0.1M
    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 N17E:62W
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Co
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1942

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, TIN RESOURCES OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN DIST

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660-D, 1917

  • Deposit

    KEITH AND STERRETT, USGS FOLIO NO. 222, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 801-810 ARE 1975 ENTRIES REC 020 OPERATOR AS OF 1942, NO ADDRESS (700 TABLE 18) REC 030 COLS 34-46 FROM 700 PLATE 38 APPROXIMATION REC 040 COLS 14-16 ROAD AND PROBABLE ELECTRICITY 180 METERS SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER 730 METERS SOUTHWEST REC 040 COL 65 UNKNOWN REC 060 BEST DETERMINATION IS LATE OR POST CARBONIFEROUS, 70 135 AND 704 PG 11 REC 060 COL 56 FROM 700 TABLE 18 REC 080 COL 27 REFERS TO SCHISTOSITY REC 080 COLS 35-75 AVAILABLE INFO FROM 700 TABLE 18

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.