Mine detail: Metcalf Tin Prospect

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Location: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.38982, -81.28621
dep_id: 10078574
mrds_id: W026971
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lithium, Tin
Trace mineral: Quartz, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite, Feldspar, Quartz, Spodumene
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Of Mica Gneiss Unit And Granite
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_unit: Mica Gneiss Unit
hrock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Possible Shear System
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: KESLER, T. L., 1942, THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, USGS BULL. 936 J, TABLE 18, P. 245 TO 269
  • Deposit:: PROSPECTS IN LINCOLN TON WEST TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION
  • Production:: KESLER, 1942
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