Kings Mountain Mine

Kings Mountain Mine
Location
Location	Kings Mountain
	North Carolina
Country	United States
Production
Products	Lithium

The Kings Mountain Mine is one of the largest lithium mines in the United States.[1] The mine is located in eastern United States in North Carolina.[1] In 2013, it was reported that the Kings Mountain mine had reserves amounting to 45.6 million tonnes of lithium ore grading 0.7% lithium thus resulting 0.32 million tonnes of lithium.[1] In 2017 it was reported that the Kings Mountain pegmatite district had 5.9 million metric tons of lithium.[2]

References

"Global lithium resources" (PDF). uchile.cl. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
Bradley, Dwight C.; Stillings, Lisa L.; Jaskula, Brian W.; Munk, LeeAnn; McCauley, Andrew D. (2017). Lithium, Chapter K of Critical Mineral Resources of the United States—Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future Supply (PDF) (Report). United States Geological Survey.

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[Kiruna-1] "Global lithium resources" (PDF). uchile.cl. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-02.

[usgs2017-2] Bradley, Dwight C.; Stillings, Lisa L.; Jaskula, Brian W.; Munk, LeeAnn; McCauley, Andrew D. (2017). Lithium, Chapter K of Critical Mineral Resources of the United States—Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future Supply (PDF) (Report). United States Geological Survey.