North Carolina · Cleveland County
Past Producer

Kings Mountain

Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States
LithiumMicaFeldsparSilica
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Commodities
PrimaryLithium
SecondaryMica, Feldspar
TertiarySilica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsFeldspar, Mica, Quartz, Spodumene
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10200004
MRDS IDISM0493
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.24791, -81.34372
References
USGS, GSC ID LIST, JULY 95.BROADHURST, S.D., 1952, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPOGRAPHY,GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA.NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT,DIVISION OF MINER. RES. EDUCATIONAL SERIES 2, RALEIGH, N.C., REV. BY E.P. ALLEN, 1970, 20 PP.BROADHURST, S.D., 1956, LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT,DIVISION OF MINER. RES. IC 15, RALEIGH, N.C., 37 PP.GREAVES-WALKER, A.F., AND S.G. RIGGS, JR., 1937, THE LOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE CERAMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA. ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING OF THE UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA BULL. NO. 14, RALEIGH, N.C., OCTOBER 1937, PP. 50-53.FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY. FORM 10-K, FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER, 31, 1981. P. I-3.GOTER, E.R., W.R. HUDSPETH, AND D.L. RAINEY., 1953, MINING AND MILLING OF LITHIUM PEGMATITES AT KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C.: MIN. ENG., V. 5, NO. 7, PP. 890-893.KESLER, T.L., 1961, EXPLORATION OF THE KINGS MOUNTAIN PEGMATITES: MIN. ENG., V. 13, NO. 9, PP. 1063-1068.REDEKER, I.H., 1979, CONCENTRATION OF SPODUMENE FROM NORTH CAROLINA PEGMATITE ORES: MIN. ENG., V. 31, NO. 4, PP. 395-398.STUCKEY, J.L., 1970, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1960 THROUGH 1967. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINER. RES. ECON. PAPER 68,RALEIGH, N.C., P. 13.WILSON, W.F., P.A. CARPENTER III, AND S.G. CONRAD. NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: A FOUNDATION FOR PROGRESS. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. & ECON. RES., DIVISION OF RES. PLANNING AND EVALUATION,FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY 1986 SEC FORM 10-K REPORT, P. 4.