Union Copper Mine

Past Producer in Rowan county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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 10249010
MRDS ID W014582
MAS/MILS ID 0371590019
Record type Site
Current site name Union Copper Mine
Related records 10273084, 10110448

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.34039, 35.5073 (WGS84)
Elevation 229

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rowan(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Rowan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.34039, 35.5073

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
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 Unknown

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

    PRATT, J. H. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1

  • Deposit

    WITH SPECIAL REPORT ON THE MINERAL WATERS. NORTH CAROLINA

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 15, 1908

  • Deposit

    30-40, 45-47.

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, T. J. & A. B. CLAYTON. DIAMOND DRILLING AT UNION C

  • Deposit

    MINE, CABARRUS AND ROWAN COUNTIES, N. C. BUMINES RI 4364, 1

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.

External references