Woods Mine

Producer in Alamance county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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 10223732
MAS/MILS ID 0370010006
Record type Site
Current site name Woods Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -79.37946, 35.91569 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamance(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(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 Alamance

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -79.37946, 35.91569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc
    ID 3100224
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JULY 3, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    PYROPHILLITE MINE IS OWNED & OPERATED BY GLENDON PYROPHILLIT

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE 1978

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE 1981

  • Deposit

    CRIB LIST 12/81

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST

  • Deposit

    CMS LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-95 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/07/1985
MSHA mine ID3100224
Mine name (MSHA)Wood Mine
Current operatorGlendon Pyrophyllite Inc
Current controller (parent)James J Hume Jr
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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