Ritter Mine

Past Producer in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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 10200163
MAS/MILS ID 0371250037
Record type Site
Current site name Ritter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.51447, 35.4657 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(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 Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.51447, 35.4657

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mc Donald Mine

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P ALBERT, 1976, NC DEPT OF NAT & ECON

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, JAMES F, 1962, NC DEPT OF CONS & DEVEL BULL 76, P 26

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J T & PARK, JR., C F, 1948, USGS PROF PAPER 213, P.

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.