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Unnamed Mica Gneiss Quarries Hj-028

Producer in Rutherford 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080601
MRDS ID W031907
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mica Gneiss Quarries Hj-028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.76316, 35.52316 (WGS84)
Elevation 369
Relative position 13.0 KM SE OF DYSARTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dysartsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Rutherford

Comments on the location information

  • ON WOODED CREST AT NOSE OF SPUR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HARDER AND TOUGHER ROCK LAYERS PROBABLY BROKEN OR CRUSHED FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE FOR LOCAL USE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.76316, 35.52316
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description South Mountains Area

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name South Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE LACK OF TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION INDICATES ONLY MINOR PRODUCTION FROM EACH OF THE TWO QUARRIES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPES REMAIN

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, 1962, SHOWS NO CONTOUR EXPRESSION FOR EITHER QUARRY

Comments on development

  • TOPO QUAD SHOWS TWO QUARRY SITES, THE SECOND IS DOWN SLOPE 75M ESE FROM THE FIRST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSER. AND DEVEL., 1958, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, SCALE 1:500,00

  • Deposit

    1980 COMPILE D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MA

  • Production

    TOPO, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA GNEISS UNIT INCLUDES MICA SCHIST AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER GNEISSES AND SCHISTS, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE OR MARBLE, AND PEGMATITE: SOME GNEISS MAY BE METAMORPHOSED GRANITE: SOME INJECTION GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit PROBABLY OCCASIONALLY ACTIVE TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS

Reporter information

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

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