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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