Clifton Mine

Past Producer in Rockingham county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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 10151582
MAS/MILS ID 0371570019
Record type Site
Current site name Clifton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.93118, 36.54068 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Price(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Rockingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.93118, 36.54068

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., JAHNS, RICHARD H. & LEMKE, RICHARD W.

  • Deposit

    1953, USGS PROF PAPER 248-C, P. 165.

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITE MINERALS-PERTHITE, QUARTZ & ACCESSORY GARNET.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, WILLIAM RANDALL, 1962, VA DIV OF MIN RES MIN RES

  • Deposit

    REPT 3, PLATE 16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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.