Steele Mine

Past Producer in Stokes county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10297702
MAS/MILS ID 0371690012
Record type Site
Current site name Steele Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.12558, 36.48618 (WGS84)
Elevation 299

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stokes(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Stokes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.12558, 36.48618

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITTS, WALLACE R., JAHNS, RICHARD H. & LEMKE, RICHARD W.

  • Deposit

    1953, USGS PROF PAPER 248-C, P. 166.

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITE MINERALS-PLAGIOCLACE, PERTHITE & QUARTZ.

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.