Rockingham Quarry

Past Producer in Richmond county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Granite
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10074821
MRDS ID W021208
Record type Site
Current site name Rockingham Quarry
Related records 10208497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.81561, 34.93372 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richmond(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockingham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laurinburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Richmond

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Middendorf Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT APRIL 26 AND 27, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 01/08/1982
MSHA mine ID3100198
Mine name (MSHA)Rockingham Quarry
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1688 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references