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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026308
MRDS ID K003566
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.33763, 35.42816 (WGS84)
Relative position 4400 FEET NNW OF BLUE RIDGE CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henderson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bat Cave(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

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IS HEAVILY OVERGROWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL QUARRIED IS A GRANITIC GNEISS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Henderson Gneiss
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Low-Angle Thrust Sheet Covers Most Of Se Quadrant Of Bat Cave Quadrangle

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. R. Lyda

Comments on the production information

  • STONE WAS USED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MAP

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP LEMMON, R.E., N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, REPORT

  • 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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