Tin Mines in North Carolina

Tin Mining in North Carolina

North Carolina has 36 tin-related mine and mineral deposit locations recorded in federal databases. None are currently listed as active, but historical records document past production and geological occurrences. Data comes from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration records.

By County

County	Sites
Cleveland County	17
Rutherford County	16
Cleveland, Gaston County	1
Gaston, Cleveland County	1
Iredell County	1

Tin Mines

Mine	County	Type	Status
Beaverdam Creek Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib	Cleveland		Occurrence
Bracketts Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Rutherford		Occurrence
Broad River Cassiterite Occurrence N Trib	Cleveland		Occurrence
Broad River Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Cleveland		Occurrence
Cassiterite Occurrence Nw of Hawkins Branch	Cleveland		Occurrence
Dills Creek Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Dills Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Se-Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Floyds Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Ne Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Floyds Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Nw Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Floyds Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Nw Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrences Se Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Grog Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Cleveland		Occurrence
Hawkins Branch Cassiterite Occurrence	Cleveland		Occurrence
Hawkins Branch Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib	Cleveland		Occurrence
Hawkins Branch Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Cleveland		Occurrence
Hogpen Branch Cassiterite Occurrence	Rutherford		Occurrence
Jarretts Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Ne Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Jolly Branch Cassiterite Occurrence	Cleveland		Occurrence
Lower East Trib Cassiterite Occurrence of Floyds Creek	Rutherford		Occurrence
Lower Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Rutherford		Occurrence
Mull Prospect	Cleveland		Prospect
Poplar Springs Cassiterite Occurrence	Cleveland		Occurrence
Poplar Springs Cassiterite Occurrence S Trib	Cleveland		Occurrence
Richardson Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Rutherford		Occurrence
Richardson Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Richardson Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Rutherford		Occurrence
Ross Tin Prospect	Cleveland		Occurrence
Sandy Run Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib	Cleveland		Occurrence
Sugar Branch Cassiterite Occurrence	Cleveland		Occurrence
Tin Mine	Gaston, Cleveland		Past Producer
Tin Mine	Cleveland, Gaston		Past Producer
Unnamed Tin Float Occurrence Fl-131	Cleveland		Occurrence
Unnamed Tin Prospect Di-001	Iredell		Occurrence
Upper Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Rutherford		Occurrence
Yancy Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Cleveland		Occurrence

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