Phillips Mine

Past Producer in Chatham county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Copper
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248448
MRDS ID K005039
MAS/MILS ID 0370370013
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Mine
Alternate or previous names Phillips Prospect, Millright Mine
Related records 10026419

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.44306, 35.5465 (WGS84)
Elevation 149

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chatham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(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 Chatham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.44306, 35.5465

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK, T. G. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1

  • Deposit

    1945. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 65, 1948, PP. 8-10.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J. F. MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH C

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR

  • Deposit

    REVISED 1971, P. 29-31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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