Mine detail: Kings Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.24791, -81.34372

Resource(B)

Primary: Lithium
Secondary: Feldspar, Mica
Tertiary: Silica
Other material: Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Spodumene
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

References

MRDSISM0493
MAS370450034
DEP10200004
Reference{Deposit:: USGS, GSC ID LIST, JULY 95.}{Deposit:: BROADHURST, S.D. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPOGRAPHY,}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA.}{Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT,}{Deposit:: DIVISION OF MINER. RES. EDUCATIONAL SERIES 2, RALEIGH,}{Deposit:: N.C., 1952, REV. BY E.P. ALLEN, 1970, 20 PP.}{Deposit:: ----------. LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH}{Deposit:: DIVISION OF MINER. RES. IC 15, RALEIGH, N.C., 1956,}{Deposit:: 37 PP.}{Deposit:: GREAVES-WALKER, A.F., AND S.G. RIGGS, JR. THE LOCATION AND}{Deposit:: DISTRIBUTION OF THE CERAMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTH}{Deposit:: CAROLINA. ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION OF THE NORTH}{Deposit:: CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING}{Deposit:: OF THE UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA BULL. NO. 14, RALEIGH,}{Deposit:: N.C., OCTOBER 1937, PP. 50-53.}{Deposit:: FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY. FORM 10-K, FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER,}{Deposit:: 31, 1981. P. I-3.}{Deposit:: GOTER, E.R., W.R. HUDSPETH, AND D.L. RAINEY. MINING AND}{Deposit:: MILLING OF LITHIUM PEGMATITES AT KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C.}{Deposit:: MIN. ENG., V. 5, NO. 7, 1953, PP. 890-893.}{Deposit:: KESLER, T.L. EXPLORATION OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN PEGMATITES.}{Deposit:: MIN. ENG., V. 13, NO. 9, 1961, PP. 1063-1068.}{Deposit:: REDEKER, I.H. CONCENTRATION OF SPODUMENE FROM NORTH}{Deposit:: CAROLINA PEGMATITE ORES. MIN. ENG., V. 31, NO. 4,}{Deposit:: 1979, PP. 395-398.}{Deposit:: STUCKEY, J.L. MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1960}{Deposit:: THROUGH 1967. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND}{Deposit:: DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINER. RES. ECON. PAPER 68,}{Deposit:: RALEIGH, N.C., 1970, P. 13.}{Deposit:: WILSON, W.F., P.A. CARPENTER III, AND S.G. CONRAD. NORTH}{Deposit:: CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: A FOUNDATION}{Deposit:: FOR PROGRESS. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. & ECON.}{Deposit:: RES., DIVISION OF RES. PLANNING AND EVALUATION}{Deposit:: EDUCATIONAL SERIES NO. 4, RALEIGH, N.C., 1976, 78 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY 1986 SEC FM 10K REPORT, P. 4.}
ReporterHrabik, J.