Matthews Quarry

Producer in Mecklenburg county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100922
MRDS ID W031976
Record type Site
Current site name Matthews Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.72063, 35.13483 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position 8.4 KM SW OF MINTHILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mint Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Mecklenburg

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.72063, 35.13483

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin - Marietta Aggregates

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3HA
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 150M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P., 1982, PERSONAL OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/08/1992
MSHA mine ID3102084
Mine name (MSHA)Matthews Quarry
Current operatorMartin Marietta Materials, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (450 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references