Moore Hill Mine

Past Producer in Union 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249230
MRDS ID W014611
MAS/MILS ID 0371790017
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Hill Mine
Related records 10071292

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.6934, 35.02701 (WGS84)
Elevation 206

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Matthews(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Phyllite and Schist

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER,III, P ALBERT, 1976, NC DEPT OF NAT & ECON RESOURC

  • Deposit

    BULL 84, P. 145.

  • Deposit

    BRYSON, HERMAN J, 1936, NC DEPT OF CONS & DEVEL BULL 38, P 9

  • 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.