Staley Mine

Past Producer in Randolph county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Kyanite, 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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249314
MRDS ID W007494
MAS/MILS ID 0371510005
Record type Site
Current site name Staley Mine
Related records 10069803

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.60897, 35.79699 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(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 Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Felsic Metavolcanic Rock

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:ESPENSHADE AND POTTER,1960,USGS PROF PAPER 336,P 110.

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, JASPER L., 1967, NC DEPT OF CONS & DEVEL BULL 80,

  • Deposit

    P. 28.

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.