Snow Camp Mine

Past Producer in Alamance county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Kyanite, Talc-Soapstone
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 10224306
MRDS ID W007493
MAS/MILS ID 0370010012
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Camp Mine
Related records 10069802

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.38366, 35.85589 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamance(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crutchfield Crossroads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(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 Alamance

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.38366, 35.85589

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:ESPENSHADE AND POTTER,1960,USGS PROF PAPER 336,P 110

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, JASPER L., 1967, NC DEPT OF CONS & DEVEL BULL 80,

  • Deposit

    P. 27.

  • Deposit

    P. 56.

  • Deposit

    CRIB LIST 12/81

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.