Jones Mine

Producer in Granville 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 10248763
MRDS ID W021012
MAS/MILS ID 0370770001
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Mine
Alternate or previous names Granville County No. 5 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.76974, 36.25338 (WGS84)
Elevation 177

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granville(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moriah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Henderson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Neuse(hydrologic unit)

Neuse(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Granville

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.76974, 36.25338

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 Unknown
    Owner Boren And Harvey, Inc.
    ID 3101220

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 14, 1974.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP 1981

  • Deposit

    CMS/RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/20/1985
MSHA mine ID3101220
Mine name (MSHA)Jones No 5 Mine (Granville)
Current operatorTredmont Inc
Current controller (parent)Resco Products Inc
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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