North Harper Creek Uranium Prospect

Prospect in Avery county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Uranium, Silver, Copper, Thorium, 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. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001750
MRDS ID W028467
Record type District
Current site name North Harper Creek Uranium Prospect
Related records 10151415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.80373, 35.99929 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG DEEP, NARROW FORESTED VALLEY BOTTOM IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Avery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chestnut Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan 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 Avery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Thorium Secondary
Gold Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.80373, 35.99929

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description NORTHEAST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner US GOVERNMENT
  • Type Operator
    Owner E.J. LONGYEAR CO.

Reference information

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.