Uwarra Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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 10273183
MRDS ID K005172
MAS/MILS ID 0371230029
Record type Site
Current site name Uwarra Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.77727, 35.3095 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscoe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.77727, 35.3095

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Montgomery Mine

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES BULL 84, PP. 88-89.

  • Deposit

    BRYSON, HERMAN J., 1936, NC DEPT OF CONS AND DEVEL BULL 38,

  • Deposit

    PP. 77-78.

  • Deposit

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

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.