Kings Mountain Mine
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The Kings Mountain Mine is a large open-pit mine on the south side of the eponymous town of Kings Mountain and north of Interstate 85 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Its open-pit has been excavated in one of the largest bedrock lithium deposits in the United States. 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. In 2017 it was reported that the Kings Mountain pegmatite district had 5.9 million metric tons of lithium.
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Kerns Drive,
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 35.2215 ° | E -81.350016666667 ° |
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Kerns Drive
Kerns Drive
28066
North Carolina, United States
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