Mine detail: Kings Mountain Lithium Mine and Plonk Tin Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 35.22289, -81.35371

Resource(B)

Primary: Lithium
Secondary: Feldspar, Mica
Tertiary: Cesium, Beryllium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Tin
Ore: Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1931

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1951

Geology

Host rock:Carolina Gneiss
Host type:Pegmatite
Associated rock:Roan Gneiss
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:East Side Of Cherryville Pluton
Tectonic:Pre- And Post-Pegmatite Faults

References

MRDSW026486
DEP10078252
Reference{Analytical Data:: KESLER, 1961}{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., TEXT 13 P., PEGMATITES LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500}{Deposit:: BROADHURST, S. D., 1956 , LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONS. AND DEVEL., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INFO. CIRC. 15 , 37 P., MAP}{Deposit:: KESLER, THOMAS L., 1961 , EXPLORATION OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN PEGMATITES, MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 13 , NO. 9 , P. 1062 TO 1068}{Deposit:: HORTON, J. WRIGHT, JR., AND BUTLER, J. ROBERT, 1977 , GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT IN THE KINGS MOUNTAIN AREA, NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, FIELD GUIDE FOR GSA, SE SECTION MEETING, WINSTON - SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, P. 76 TO 149}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., PEGMATITE LOCATIONS}{Deposit:: 1956 COMPILE BROADHURST, N. C. STATE, HISTORY}{Deposit:: 1961 DIREXPL KESLER, FOOTE MINERAL CO., ANALYSES}{Deposit:: 1977 GEOMAP HORTON, UNI. OF N.C., MINE DESCRIPTION}
ReporterWhitlow, Jesse W.