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Unnamed Stone Quarry Fi-001

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100919
MRDS ID W031912
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Stone Quarry Fi-001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.32315, 35.92065 (WGS84)
Elevation 392
Relative position 5.5 KM WSW OF ALL HEALING SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alexander(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellendale(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 Alexander

Comments on the location information

  • ON MODERATELY GENTLE HILL SPUR IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HARDER AND TOUGHER ROCK LAYERS PROBALY 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) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.32315, 35.92065
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Economic information

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 Taylorsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE ABSENCE OF DISPLACED CONTOUR LINES INDICATES ONLY A MINOR WORKING WITH A SMALL PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPES REMAIN

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPO GRAPHIC MAP, 1970, SHOWS NO CONTOUR EXPRESSION FOR QUARRY SITE

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 D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MA

  • Production

    TOPO, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY SPORADICALLY ACTIVE TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS
Deposit MICA SCHIST UNIT INCLUDES MICA GNEISS AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER GNEISSES AND SCHISTS AND INJECTIONS OF SMALL GRANITIC INTRUSIONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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