Joe E Humphries Mine

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Beryllium, Gemstone, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175270
MAS/MILS ID 0370450119
Record type Site
Current site name Joe E Humphries Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.68653, 35.3287 (WGS84)
Elevation 259

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boiling Springs North(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
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Gemstone Tertiary
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.68653, 35.3287

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITTS, WALLACE R. & OLSON, JERRY C., 1953, USGS PROF PAP

  • Deposit

    248-D, P. 267.

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITE MINERALS-PLAGIOCLASE, PERTHITE & QUARTZ. ACCESSORY

  • Deposit

    MINERALS TOURMALINE & BERYL.

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.