Pierce Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Randolph county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055253
MRDS ID RE00540
Record type Site
Current site name Pierce Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.93478, 35.76565 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM C.B. BROWN. PLOTTED ON OLD HIGHWAY BASE. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, NO GROUND CONFIRMATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.93478, 35.76565

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION FROM C.B. BROWN, USGS FIELD RECORDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-92 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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