Lithium Mines in North Carolina

14Total Sites
9Active

Lithium Mining in North Carolina

North Carolina has 14 lithium-related mine and mineral deposit locations recorded in federal databases. Of these, 9 are currently active operations. Data comes from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration records.

The earliest recorded lithium mine in North Carolina is Kings Mountain in Cleveland County, with records dating to 1942.

By County

CountySites
Gaston County8
Cleveland County4
Cleveland, Gaston County1
Lincoln County1

Lithium Mines

MineCountyTypeStatus
Bessemer City OperationsGastonSurfaceProducer
Foote Mineral Reclamation MillClevelandProcessing PlantProducer
Hallman-Beam MillGastonProcessing PlantProducer
Hallman-Beam MineGastonSurfaceProducer
Huffman Bean MineGastonProducer
Indian Creek DepositLincolnProducer
Kings Mountain ConcentratorClevelandProcessing PlantProducer
Kings Mountain Lithium Mine and Plonk Tin ProspectClevelandProducer
Murphy-Houser Spodumene DepositGastonProducer
Hallman-Beam MineGastonPast Producer
Kings MountainClevelandSurfacePast Producer
Li-Sn MineCleveland, GastonPast Producer
Lithium MineGastonPast Producer
Spencer Mtn OccurrenceGastonOccurrence

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