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Unnamed Stone Quarry Bj-009

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080598
MRDS ID W031902
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Stone Quarry Bj-009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.29423, 35.70342 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 4.0 KM NW OF SOUTHMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Davidson

Comments on the location information

  • ON SIDE OF HILL ADJACENT TO WEST SIDE OF ROCKCRUSHER ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.29423, 35.70342
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY NEAR EASTERN MARGIN OF CHARLOTTE PLUTONIC BELT, NEAR TO WESTERN BORDER OF CAROLINA SLATE BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Valley-Cid District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE DIMENSIONS OF THE QUARRY AS DEPICTED ON THE TOPO QUAD INDICATE A MODERATE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPES REMAIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING FACE MORE THAN 6 M HIGH AT HILL SLOPE: WORKING OCCUPIED: AS SEEN ON 1962 TOPO QUAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSER. AND DEVEL, 1958, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, SCALE 1:500,000

  • Deposit

    1980 COMPILE J. D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MA

  • Production

    TOPO, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE TO WEAKLY FOLIATED, GRAY TO DARK-GREENISH GRAY ROCKS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit DIORITE-GABBRO UNIT UNDERLIES VERY LARGE AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 D'Agostino, John P U.S. Geological Survey

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