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Ka-Mi Tin Mine Property (Bungalow Shaft; Swamp Shaft Number Two; Jake Drift; Swamp Shaft Number Three; Mill Site Inclined Shaft; D-H Shaft; Condon Shaft), Kings Mountain District, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 35° 26' 49'' North , 81° 14' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): 35.44695,-81.23528
GeoHash:G#: dnq1xkym2
Locality type:Property
KΓΆppen climate type:Cfa : Humid subtropical climate


REF:Deposit:: KESLER, T. L., 1942, THE TIN-SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, USGS BULL. 936 J, TABLE 18, P. 245 TO 269
Deposit:: MINE IN LINCOLNTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1: 24,000
Deposit:: 1942 RECON KESLER, MINE DESCRIPTION
Production:: KESLER, 1942
Commodities (Major) - Tin, Lithium; (Trace) - Feldspar, Quartz
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Mica Gneiss Unit
Host Rock: Pegmatite

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3 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
β“˜ 'K Feldspar'
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
β“˜ 'commodity:Lithium'
Formula: Li
Reference: From USGS MRDS database
β“˜ 'Pegmatite'
Reference: From USGS MRDS database
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
β“˜ Spodumene
Formula: LiAlSi2O6
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
β“˜ 'commodity:Tin'
Formula: Sn
Reference: From USGS MRDS database

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜'Cassiterite'4.DB.05SnO2
β“˜'Quartz'4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜'Spodumene'9.DA.30LiAlSi2O6
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
β“˜'K Feldspar'-
β“˜'Pegmatite'-

List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification

Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES
AX2
β“˜Cassiterite4.4.1.5SnO2
Group 65 - INOSILICATES Single-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=1)
Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 with chains P=2
β“˜Spodumene65.1.4.1LiAlSi2O6
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si
β“˜Quartz75.1.3.1SiO2
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
β“˜'K Feldspar'-
β“˜'Pegmatite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

LiLithium
Liβ“˜ SpodumeneLiAlSi2O6
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ CassiteriteSnO2
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ SpodumeneLiAlSi2O6
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ SpodumeneLiAlSi2O6
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ SpodumeneLiAlSi2O6
SnTin
Snβ“˜ CassiteriteSnO2

Regional Geology

This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.

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Paleozoic - Neoproterozoic
251.902 - 1000 Ma



ID: 3190741
Precambrian-Phanerozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks

Age: Neoproterozoic to Triassic (251.902 - 1000 Ma)

Comments: Piedmont

Lithology: Felsic paragneiss; amphibolite grade paragneiss/metavolcanic gneiss

Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]

Cambrian - Neoproterozoic
485.4 - 1000 Ma



ID: 2718642
Mica Schist

Age: Neoproterozoic to Cambrian (485.4 - 1000 Ma)

Description: Garnet, staurolite, kyanite, or sillimanite occur locally; lenses and layers of quartz schist, micaceous quartzite, calc-silicate rock, biotite gneiss, amphibolite, and phyllite.

Comments: Original map source: The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998 (updated 2007), Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000)

Lithology: Major:{mica schist}, Minor:{quartzite,calc silicate rock,biotite gneiss,amphibolite,phyllite}

Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133]

Data and map coding provided by Macrostrat.org, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


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