Colon Mine

Past Producer in Lee county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10074735
MRDS ID W021085
Record type Site
Current site name Colon Mine
Related records 10224195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.15836, 35.51066 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cape Fear(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Lee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.15836, 35.51066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MARCH 15, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IS OPERATED BY MARTIN MARIETTA AGGREGATES, SOUTHEAST DIV.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PERMANENT MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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