Silver Hill Mine

Past Producer in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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 10249162
MRDS ID K005062
MAS/MILS ID 0370570022
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Washington Silver Mine
Related records 10026437

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.20039, 35.70589 (WGS84)
Elevation 226

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grist Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(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 Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Cid Formation; Metamudstone and Meta-Argillite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner King'S Mine

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P. ALBERT, 1976, NC DEPT OF NAT AND ECON

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES BULL 84, PP. 50-52.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 72-73.

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.

External references