| Deposit ID | 10089708 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028503 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Fluorite-Specularite-Gneiss Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.79372, 35.87148 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 347 |
| Relative position | 1.3 KM NNW OF SMYRNA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Burke |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Dimension | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gneiss | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -81.79372, 35.87148 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Quarry Sited Along A Thrust Fault |
| General form | BEDDED |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| District name | Smyrna Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.015HA |
| Overall length | 27.43M |
| Overall width | 5M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028503 |
QUARRY IN OAK HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.
D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P., 1977, PERSONAL OBSERVATION.
1970 GEOLMAP BRYANT, GEOLOGIC MAP
1977 GEOLCHEM D'AGOSTINO, SAMPLING
D'AGOSTINO, 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GEOLOGIC UNIT EXTENDS OVER LARGE AREA AT SURFACE; OCCASIONALLY ACTIVE AS NEEDED |
| Deposit | NORTH OF THRUST FAULT BEDROCK IS UPPER PRECAMBRIAN FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS OF GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN FORMATION. FLUORITE AS SMALL IRREGULAR GRAINS OCCURS IN THE PRECAMBRIAN BROWN MOUNTAIN GRANITE WHICH OCCURS ONE KILOMETER TO THE NORTHEAST. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1979 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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