Mine detail: Kings Mountain

Previously called 'Foote Minerals'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.25011, -81.34982

Resource(B)

Primary: Lithium, Feldspar, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, Tin
Discovery year: 1935

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Blacksburg-Formation;Cherryville-Q.M
Host type:Monzonite,Schist,Amphibolite
Structure:Kings Mountain Belt

References

MRDSISM0493
DEP10024747
Reference{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}
ReporterAnstett, Terrance F.