Uharie Mine

Past Producer in Randolph 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176120
MRDS ID K005204
MAS/MILS ID 0371510039
Record type Site
Current site name Uharie Mine
Related records 10098202

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.93118, 35.5545 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eleazer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie 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 Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.93118, 35.5545

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Uwharrie Mine

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BULL 84, P. 124.

  • Deposit

    BRYSON, HERMAN J, 1936, NC DEPT OF CONS & DEVEL BULL 38, P 7

  • 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.