Mine detail: Kings Mountain

Location:	Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.25011, -81.34982
dep_id:	10024747
mrds_id:	ISM0493
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Lithium, Feldspar, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, Tin
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
Reporter:	Anstett, Terrance F.
hrock_unit:	Blacksburg-Formation;Cherryville-Q.M
hrock_type:	Monzonite,Schist,Amphibolite
Structure:	Kings Mountain Belt
Year first produced:	1955
disc_yr:	1935
References:	Deposit:: KESLER,T:L:,1942:THE TIN-SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS.--U.S.DEPT.OF THE INTERIOR,GEOL SURVEY,BULL.936-J.P.245-268.(+MAPS,FIGURES) Deposit:: KUNASZ,I.A.,1982:FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY,KINGS MOUNTAIN OPERATION.- IN:CERNY.P.(EDITOR): SHORT COURSE IN GRANITE PEGMATITES IN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. MIN.ASSOC.OF CANADA,WINNIPEG MAY 1982.(505-511) Deposit:: HORTON,J.W.,JR.,BUTLER.J.R.& MILTON,D.J.(EDITORS)1981:GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN THE CAROLINAS.--CAROLINA GEOL.SOC.,FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK 16;1981,247P. Deposit:: HORTON,J.W.,JR.& BUTLER.J.R.,1986:THE KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT AND SPODUMENE PEGMATITE DISTRICT..-GEOL.SOC.OF AMER.CENTENN.FIELD GUIDE,SE-SECTION,P239-244 Production:: FORM 10-K,1987 USBM-DATA