Mine detail: Atlas Tin Shaft

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.22844, -81.3476

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tin, Lithium
Secondary:	Quartz, Feldspar, Mica
Ore:	Cassiterite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Spodumene
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Roan Gneiss;Carolina Gneiss
Host type:	Pegmatite
Tectonic:	Near Kings Mountain Fault System

References

MRDS	W027010
DEP	10078604
Reference	{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 KINGS MT. TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000}{Deposit:: 1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION}{Production:: KESLER, 1942}
Reporter	*gostino, John P.