An opencast lithium mine in lithia bearing-pegmatite (quartz-microcline-spodumene pegmatite). Started about 1938 and owned by the Foote Mineral Co.
Famous for a variety of rare phosphates and silicates.
Commodities (Major) - Tin, Beryllium, Lithium, Feldspar, Niobium (Columbium), Stone - Crushed/Broken, Tantalum, Mica
Development Status: Prospect
Host Rock Unit: Cherryville Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Kings Mountain Belt
Host Rock: Schist, Monzonite, Amphibolite
References:
- KESLER,T,L, (1942) THE TIN-SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS.--U.S.DEPT.OF THE INTERIOR,GEOL SURVEY,BULL. 936-J., P. 245-268.(+MAPS,FIGURES)
- KUNASZ,I.A. (1982) FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY, KINGS MOUNTAIN OPERATION.- IN: CERNY.P.(EDITOR): SHORT COURSe.
- Rocks & Minerals (1985): 60: 65, 76-83.
- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 68.
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Map Reference: 35°12'40"N , 81°21'20"W
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