Northeast Shaft

Prospect in Person county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Copper
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223824
MAS/MILS ID 0371450003
Record type Site
Current site name Northeast Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.83144, 36.44568 (WGS84)
Elevation 189

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Person(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Triple Springs(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
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Metavolcanic Rock

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANEY, F. B. THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. N. CAROLINA GEOL.

  • Deposit

    AND ECONOMIC SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 26, 1917, PP. 141-142.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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