Savannah Mine

Past Producer in Jackson 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 10224210
MRDS ID K003529
MAS/MILS ID 0370990029
Record type Site
Current site name Savannah Mine
Related records 10026283

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -83.26048, 35.23821 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corbin Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuckasegee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan 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 Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -83.26048, 35.23821

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
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

    MURDOCK, T. G. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1

  • Deposit

    1945. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 65, 1948, PP. 8-10.

  • Deposit

    BRYSON, H. J. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING

  • Deposit

    AND 1928. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPM

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 63, 1930, PP. 19-28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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