Kings Mountain Mine

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]

Kings Mountain Mine
Location
LocationKings Mountain
North Carolina
CountryUnited States
Production
ProductsLithium

References

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


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