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
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 35° 26' 49'' North , 81° 14' 7'' West |
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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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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed 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 | |||
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β | 'Cassiterite' | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
β | 'Quartz' | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | 'Spodumene' | 9.DA.30 | LiAlSi2O6 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'K Feldspar' | - | |
β | 'Pegmatite' | - |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES | |||
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AX2 | |||
β | Cassiterite | 4.4.1.5 | SnO2 |
Group 65 - INOSILICATES Single-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=1) | |||
Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 with chains P=2 | |||
β | Spodumene | 65.1.4.1 | LiAlSi2O6 |
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'K Feldspar' | - | |
β | 'Pegmatite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Li | Lithium | |
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Li | β Spodumene | LiAlSi2O6 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Spodumene | LiAlSi2O6 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Spodumene | LiAlSi2O6 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Spodumene | LiAlSi2O6 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
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] |
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