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Unnamed Sand Pit

Past Producer in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026294
MRDS ID K003546
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.47597, 35.44788 (WGS84)
Relative position 3400 FEET EAST OF FLETCHER CHURCH, ON THE EAST BANK OF CANE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruitland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME SAPROLITE, FROM EXCAVATED EQUIPMENT PLATFORM ABOVE CREEK LEVEL, LOCALLY USED FOR FILL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Age Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
    Rock description Alluvium;Age Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.47597, 35.44788
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast - Trending Brevard Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO AREA RESIDENTS, A HOT-MIX ASPHALT PLANT ONCE WAS LOCATED HERE AND APPARENTLY USED THE LOCAL SAND. LATER, SOME SAPROLITE FROM THE PLATFORM APPARENTLY WAS USED LOCALLY FOR FILL

Comments on development

  • SAND HAS BEEN MINED DIRECTLY FROM CANE CREEK AND THE SURROUNDING BANKS. THE ONLY EVIDENCE OF THE WORKINGS IS AN EXCAVATED PLATFORM ABOVE THE CREEK LEVEL, WHERE SCREENING AND SIZING EQUIPMENT WERE LOCATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MRS 202 - NW

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM 202 - NW, SCALE 1:24000

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPOR

  • Production

    LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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