Williams Quarry

Past Producer in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102371
MRDS ID K004758
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.55699, 35.47316 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.1 KM NORTHEAST OF ROBBINS, N. C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.55699, 35.47316

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Year of first production 1967

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Blythe Brothers Co., Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY INACTIVE SINCE FEBRUARY 1971

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CLOSE TO SCHOOL

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Burt, Edward R. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

Beyond USGS

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