Dillinger Mine & Mill

Past Producer in Yancey county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Graphite
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 10297817
MRDS ID W021306
MAS/MILS ID 0371990003
Record type Site
Current site name Dillinger Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Dellinger and Young Mine
Related records 10074902

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.18125, 35.90069 (WGS84)
Elevation 817

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Micaville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Yancey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.18125, 35.90069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Deneen Mica Co., Inc.
    ID 3101149

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JULY 26-27, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL NEAR THE MINE.

  • Deposit

    FROM 1975 EMJ JOUR., EMPL. 52, ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE 12,000, AC

  • Deposit

    WASTE TONNAGE TONNAGE 150,000.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10-81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0371999001.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-OCT-1988 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.