Mine detail: Unnamed King Mountain Tin Occurrences

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Location: Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.23955, -81.34176
dep_id: 10078601
mrds_id: W027006
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tin, Lithium
Trace mineral: Mica, Feldspar, Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Spodumene
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Between Two Metamorphic Rock Units; Nearby Occurrences To West Within Roan Gneiss
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_unit: Roan Gneiss;Carolina Gneiss
hrock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Possible Fault 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:: OCCURRENCES IN KINGS MT. TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION
  • Production:: KESLER, 1942
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