Commodities
PrimaryTin
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsCassiterite, Feldspar, Kaolinite, Microcline, Muscovite, Oligoclase, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1902
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10250774
MRDS IDW027026
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.08651, -81.62733
References
HUDSON, J. M., 1949, TIN FOR SECURITY, UNPUBLISHED EVALUATIOKESLER, T. L., 1942, THE TIN-SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINASPRELIMINARY REPORT/ U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 936-J,269.SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTCAROLINA/ SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SERIES IV, BULLETNUMBER 2, P. 83-93.GRATON, L. C., 1906, RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME GOLD AND TIN DEPOF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS/ U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETNUMBER 293, P. 49-50.KEITH, A. & STERRETT, D. B., 1917, TIN RESOURCES OF THE KINGMOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA/ U. S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 660-D, P. 135-137.PRATT, J. H. & STERRETT, D. B., 1904, THE TIN DEPOSITS OF THCAROLINAS/ NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 19, P.HESS, F. L. & GRATON, L. C., TIN, IN EMMONS, S. F. & HAYES,1905, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1904/ U. S. GEOLOGICSURVEY BULLETIN 260, P. 161-164, 188-195.GRIFFITTS, W. R. & OLSON, J. C., 1953, MICA DEPOSITS OF THESOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, PART 5 SHELBY-HICKORY DISTRICT NORTHCAROLINA/ U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 248-D,224.KEITH, A. & STERRETT, D. B., 1931, GAFFNEY-KINGS MOUNTAIN FOU. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS.