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Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Ej-023

Past Producer in Lincoln county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Granite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079284
MRDS ID W028482
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Ej-023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.06592, 35.54788 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position 1.2 KM DUE SOUTH OF KILLIAN CROSS ROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denver(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • IN VALLEY BOTTOM ADJACENT TO STREAM IN GENTLY ROLLING TERRAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL QUARRY FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE PROBABLY FOR LOCAL USE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.06592, 35.54788
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Lincolnton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • TOPOGRAPHIC CONFIGURATION INDICATES SMALL WORKINGS. PRODUCTION THUS TAKEN AS SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK UNIT REMAINS BUT INFORMATION LACKING AS TO SPECIFIC ROCK LAYER MINED AND ITS EXTENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.321HA
    Overall length 109.73M
    Overall width 110M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPOGRAPHIC CONFIGURATION DENOTES QUARRY SIZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUARRY LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON DENVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000; 1970

  • Deposit

    1979 COMPILE D'AGOSTINO, MINE

  • Production

    DENVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAJOR BEDROCK UNIT EXTENDS OVER A LARGE AREA AT SURFACE
Deposit MICA GNEISS UNIT CONSISTS OF IMMENSE SERIES OF MICA GNEISS, MICA SCHIST, FINE-GRAINED GRANITOID LAYERS, GRAPHITIC SCHIST, BODIES OF CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE OR MARBLE, AND PEGMATITES ; 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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