Mine detail: Upper Mostellar Mine Cut

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Location: Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.4226, -81.24482
dep_id: 10078598
mrds_id: W027003
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lithium, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Spodumene
gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Of Mica Gneiss Unit And Granite
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Mica Gneiss Unit
hrock_type: Pegmatite
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:: MINE IN LINCOLNTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION
  • Production:: KESLER, 1942
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