Mine detail: Falls Tin Prospect

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Location: Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.23289, -81.34315
dep_id: 10078602
mrds_id: W027008
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tin, Lithium
Minor mineral: Quartz, Feldspar, Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Spodumene
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Of Two Metamorphic Rock Units
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W.
hrock_unit: Roan Gneiss;Carolina Gneiss
hrock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Near Kings Mountain Fault System
Year first produced: 1900
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:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931, GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222, USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 11, TEXT 13 P.
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT IN KINGS MT. TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS
  • Deposit:: 1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
  • Production:: KEITH, 1931
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