Unnamed Flagstone Quarry Ak-025

Past Producer in Stanly county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089707
MRDS ID W028500
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Flagstone Quarry Ak-025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.06672, 35.37982 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position 5.2 KM SE OF BADIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanly(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(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 Stanly

Comments on the location information

  • IN MORROW MOUNTAIN STATE PARK NEAR YADKIN RIVER
  • ON WOODED GENTLE-RISING SOUTHWEST TRENDING SPUR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLAGSTONE FROM ARGILLITE
  • NATIVE GOLD PROBABLY FROM QUARTZ VEIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.06672, 35.37982

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Shear System

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Albemarle Area

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. C. State

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF STONE QUARRIED FOR STATE PARK USE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR SURFACE TRENCHES AND PITS

Comments on development

  • STONE USED IN CONSTRUCTING THE BRIDGES AND WALLS IN THE STATE PARK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, JAMES F., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE ALBEMARLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL. 75, TEXT 26 P., MINE TEXT P. 19, MINE SYMBOLS SHOWN ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    MINE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP CONLEY, N. C. STATE, GEOLOGIC MA

  • Production

    CONLEY, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit ARGILLITE SHOWS FINE GRADED BEDDING COMPOSED OF ALTERNATING SILT AND CLAY LAYERS. FINE BEDDING AND INCIPIENT AXIAL PLANE CLEAVAGE HAMPERED SPLITTING OF THE STONE IN OTHER THAN ROUGH ANGULAR BLOCKS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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