Big Cove Pit

Past Producer in Swain county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10273252
MAS/MILS ID 0371730060
Record type Site
Current site name Big Cove Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -83.22958, 35.527 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Swain(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bunches Bald(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(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

Eastern Cherokee Reservation(Reservation)

Reservation BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Swain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -83.22958, 35.527

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP-1978.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0371739003.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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.