Hippy Mine

Producer in Yancey county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Asbestos
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 10074913
MRDS ID W021319
Record type Site
Current site name Hippy Mine
Related records 10273295

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.19846, 35.91676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Micaville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Yancey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.19846, 35.91676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT FEB. 29- MARCH 1, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY POWHATAN MINING COMPANY, INC. FROM 1975 EMJ DIR-500000 TO 1 MILLION TONS ORE, ORE GRA&E 90PERCENT, EMPLL 5.

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.