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Robinson Creek Quarry

Past Producer in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102356
MRDS ID K003561
Record type Site
Current site name Robinson Creek Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.48125, 35.45899 (WGS84)
Elevation 645
Relative position 0.42 MILE SE CHRIST SCHOOL ON W SIDE ROBINSON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruitland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY FILLED WITH WATER. AREA HEAVILY OVERGROWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Analytical data

Result 31.8% CA0
Result 18.9% MG0
Result 0.8% SI02
Result 0.17% FE203
Result 0.6% R203
Result 46.3% IGN. LOSS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
    Rock description Age Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Tectonite > Mylonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.48125, 35.45899
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast - Trending Brevard Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LAYERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY IS WITHIN BREVARD FAULT ZONE, 300 FEET FROM ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • OLD KILN REPORTEDLY 600 FT E OF QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MRS 202 - NW

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM 202 - NW, SCALE 1:24000

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, S.G., 1960, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONES OF THE PIEDMONT AND MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL. BULL. 74

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE N.C. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL.; REPORT

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPORT

  • Production

    LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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