Harper Creek Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Avery county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025163
MRDS ID K000838
Record type Site
Current site name Harper Creek Uranium Prospect
Alternate or previous names Yellow Buck Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.78761, 36.0062 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINVILLE ON HARPER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Avery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grandfather Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Avery

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM THE NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR THE LOCATION DESCRIBED IN THE POSITION FROM NEAREST PROMINENT LOCALITY FIELD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Uraninite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.78761, 36.0062

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rio Hondo Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on development

  • OTHER-DRILLING REPORT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN VEINS UP TO 0.25 INCH WIDE. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVE ZONE 2 MILES LONG 1200 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.