Maxwell Copper Mine

Past Producer in Alleghany 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 10272867
MRDS ID K003526
MAS/MILS ID 0370050003
Record type Site
Current site name Maxwell Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Peach Bottom Mine
Related records 10026281

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.21922, 36.51838 (WGS84)
Elevation 817

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alleghany(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Alleghany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.21922, 36.51838

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

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

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR

  • Deposit

    REVISED 1971, P. 11-14

  • Deposit

    CRIB LIST 12/81

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.