Plato Houser Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln 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 10304781
MAS/MILS ID 0371090025
Record type Site
Current site name Plato Houser Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.46513, 35.4629 (WGS84)
Elevation 302

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherryville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.46513, 35.4629

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITTS, WALLACE R. & OLSON, JERRY C., 19538 USGS PROF PAP

  • Deposit

    248-D, PP. 243-245.

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITE MINERALS-PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ & A LITTLE PERTHITE.

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.