Mine detail: Unnamed Tin Float Occurrence Fl-131

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Location: Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.23594, -81.34149
dep_id: 10093766
mrds_id: W027007
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite
orebody_fm: PROBABLY LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Near Contact Of Two Metamorphic Rock Units
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_unit: Roan Gneiss;Paleo Kings Mountain Group
hrock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Near Kings Mountain 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:: OCCURRENCE IN KINGS MT. TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION
  • Production:: KESLER, 1942
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