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Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026300
MRDS ID K003555
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.48208, 35.4101 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTH SIDE OF BYERS MTN, 2600 FEET SE OF PATTY CHAPEL CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henderson(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 Henderson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL QUARRIED IS AN AUGEN GNEISS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Augen Gneiss
    Rock description Augen Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.48208, 35.4101
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY IS APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM EAST BOUNDARY OF BREVARD FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Cunningham

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY COVERS LESS THAN ONE ACRE AND CONSISTS OF TWO LEVELS. LOWER LEVEL PARTIALLY FILLED WITH WATER; UPPER LEVEL HAS WALLS AS MUCH AS 35 FT HIGH ON THREE SIDES. A SITE FOR PORTABLE CRUSHING EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED DOWN THE VALLEY ABOUT 100 YDS FROM THE QUARRY

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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