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Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Hi-032

Past Producer in Burke county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079280
MRDS ID W028478
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Hi-032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.78983, 35.87259 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Relative position 1.2 KM SLIGHTLY WEST OF DUE NORTH OF SMYRNA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burke(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Burke

Comments on the location information

  • ON STEEP HILL SLOPE ADJACENT TO EAST SIDE OF UPPER CREEK
  • IN VALLEY BOTTOM ADJACENT TO STREAM IN GENTLY ROLLING TERRAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GNEISS LAYERED AND USED LOCALLY FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE
  • BURNT FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME, CRUSHED FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.78983, 35.87259
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quarry Sited Along A Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Steep Hill Slope

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Smyrna Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF STONE QUARRIED
  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE AND AGRICULTURAL LIME.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MARBLE REMAINS
  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL QUARRY; ORIGINALLY THREE KILNS USED TO BURN STONE FOR LIME

Comments on development

  • IN 1940'S DRILL HOLES PUT DOWN BETWEEN THIS QUARRY AND SETZER QUARRY, 1.3 KM TO SW; HOLES DRILLED TO ABOUT 90M AND STILL IN MARBLE; SHOWS MARBLE BED CONTINUOUS BETWEEN THE TWO QUARRIES

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit MARBLE OVERLAIN BY 1 TO 3M OF OVERBURDEN, MARBLE OUTCROPS ALONG CREEK BED
Deposit KINGS MOUNTAIN GROUP CONSISTS OF BEDDED QUARTZITE, MARBLE, CONGLOMERATE AND SCHIST; MARBLE OCCURS AS DISCONTINUOUS LENSES; MARBLE FINE-GRAINED WITH DARK BLUE AND WHITE LAYERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit NORTH OF THRUST FAULT BEDROCK IS UPPER PRECAMBRIAN FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS OF GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN FORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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