Hancock Pit

Past Producer in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026417
MRDS ID K005037
Record type Site
Current site name Hancock Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.76227, 35.48621 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.7 KM NORTHEAST OF STAR, N.C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.76227, 35.48621

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J. F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 76, 40 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Burt, Edward R. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

Beyond USGS

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