Fox's Orchard Sillimanite Deposit

Occurrence in Iredell 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. 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 10176572
MAS/MILS ID 0370970014
Record type Site
Current site name Fox's Orchard Sillimanite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.01121, 36.01429 (WGS84)
Elevation 360

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iredell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilreath(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Iredell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.01121, 36.01429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:ESPENSHADE AND POTTER,1960,USGS PROF PAPER 336,P 106.

  • Deposit

    REF: HASH & VAN HORN, 1951, N. C. GEOL. BULL. NO. 61, P 16-1

  • Deposit

    6.

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.