Hagers Mountain Kyn Deposits

Occurrence in Person county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Kyanite
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069800
MRDS ID W007489
Record type Site
Current site name Hagers Mountain Kyn Deposits
Related records 10191542

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.96642, 36.46675 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Person(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roxboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Henderson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Person

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.96642, 36.46675

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Length 804.65M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KYANITE - QUARTZ ROCK IN LENSES AS MUCH AS 100 FT. WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG IN ZONE ABOUT 1/2 MILE LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hagers Mountain

Comments on development

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECONNAISSANCE STUDY ONLY HAS BEEN MADE. MORE DETAILED STUDY OF DEPOSIT AND VICINITY IS DESIRABLE BUT NOT URGENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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