Pine Mountain

Past Producer in Mitchell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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 10176568
MRDS ID W021145
MAS/MILS ID 0371210006
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Mountain
Alternate or previous names Pine Mountain Mine
Related records 10074780

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.08984, 35.94319 (WGS84)
Elevation 914

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mitchell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Pine(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)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Mitchell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.08984, 35.94319

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Lawson United Feldspar And Mineral Co
    ID 3100363

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT AUGUST 16-17 & 25,

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    FROM 1974 MESA DATA-MINE 7 MEN, MILL 34 MEN.

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J C, 1944, NC DEPT OF CONS & DEVEL BULL 43, PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 1981

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS, LISTS 1981

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0371219007.

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)

StatusAbandoned since 08/31/1995
MSHA mine ID3100363
Mine name (MSHA)Pine Mountain
Current operatorMayland Stone Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Claude Greene
Mine typeSurface (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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