Panther Creek Mine

Producer in Rowan county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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 10248853
MRDS ID W021233
MAS/MILS ID 0371590010
Record type Site
Current site name Panther Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Panther Point Pit
Related records 10074837

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.26669, 35.6057 (WGS84)
Elevation 192

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rowan(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Rowan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.26669, 35.6057

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 Hammill Construction Co.
    ID 3100539
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS JULY 8 1974 & AUG

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP 1981

  • Deposit

    RCF/CMS LISTS 1981

  • 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 04/22/1985
MSHA mine ID3100539
Mine name (MSHA)Panther Point Mine
Current operatorHammill Construction Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Donna R Miller; Larry W Hammill; Ruth H Hammill
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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