Mine detail: Ross Mine and Placer

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Location:	Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.08761, -81.62813
dep_id:	10090106
mrds_id:	W027026
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tin
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer And Pegmatite Dikes
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Unknown
ore:	Cassiterite
orebody_fm:	STREAM AREA AND LINEAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
Reporter:	Whitlow, Jesse W., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_unit:	Roan Gneiss
hrock_type:	Pegmatite
Year first produced:	1903
disc_yr:	1902
discr:	S. S. Ross
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:: MINE IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000 Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, MINE LOCATIONS Deposit:: 1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTIONS Deposit:: Kesler, T.L., 1942, The Tin-Spodumene Belt Of The Carolinas, A Preliminary Report: USGS Bulletin 936-J, P. 245-269.Kesler, T.L., 1942, The Tin-Spodumene Belt Of The Carolinas, A Preliminary Report: USGS Bulletin 936-J, P. 245-269. Deposit:: Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina, South Carolina Geol. Survey Bull. No. 2, Series Iv, P. 85Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina, South Carolina Geol. Survey Bull. No. 2, Series Iv, P. 85 Deposit:: Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13 P. Production:: KESLER, 1942 FROM SLOAN