Carolina tin-spodumene belt
North and South Carolina (Kings Mountain), United States
Magmatic (Ni-Cu-PGE, carbonatites)Li-Sn
- Type
- Spodumene-cassiterite pegmatites
Piedmont belt of spodumene-cassiterite pegmatites (Carboniferous), a major historic lithium source. Kings Mountain coordinates. Indicative coordinates.
δ124Sn in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 3161a
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −0.26 ± 0.5 ‰ | −0.57 / 0.49 ‰ | 4 | cassiterite Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 4 samples, Table 1. Ore age used by the authors: 375 Ma. Charlotte (-0.38 ‰), two North Carolina samples without precise locality (-0.57 and -0.56 ‰) and Gaffney (0.49 ‰). | Mathur et al. (2025), Global Sn isotope compositions of cassiterite identify the magmatic… |
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- Winslow (Maine) United States
Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Carolina tin-spodumene belt, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/ceinture-a-etain-et-spodumene-des-carolines/ (accessed 2026-10-13).
@misc{isofind2026carolinatinspodumenebeltisoto,
title = {Carolina tin-spodumene belt, isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/ceinture-a-etain-et-spodumene-des-carolines/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}Updated : 2026-10-13