Patterson Mine & Mill

Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10127259
MRDS ID W020943
MAS/MILS ID 0370450028
Record type Site
Current site name Patterson Mine & Mill
Related records 10074619

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.34672, 35.26091 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.34672, 35.26091

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Kings Mountain Mica Co., Inc.
    ID 3100274

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 1981

  • Deposit

    NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL AT THE MINE AND PRODUCES SCRAP MIC

  • Deposit

    10,000 TONS WASTE.

  • Deposit

    CMS/RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0370459003.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 10/20/2014
MSHA mine ID3100274
Mine name (MSHA)Patterson Mine and Mill
Current operatorImerys Mica Kings Mountain Inc.
Current controller (parent)Imerys S A
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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