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Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 046

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105984
MRDS ID W026487
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 046

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.40065, 35.17817 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 4.4 KM ESE OF GROVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Phlogopite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BLUISH GRAY MARBLE BEDS IN BASAL UNIT CONTAIN 97 PERCENT CALCIUM CARBONATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.40065, 35.17817
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Folds And Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 20 TO 40 SE
    Thickness 9M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE LIMESTONE QUARRIED FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME AND IRON ORE FLUX

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNT OF IMPURE LIMESTONE REMAINS AT SITE

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; NO EXPRESSION ON TOPO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES QUARRY ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY LOCATED IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY BLUISH GRAY BEDS OF HIGH GRADE LIMESTONE USED FOR LIME AND IRON ORE FLUX; QUARRY LIMITED BY THICKNESS OF OVERBURDEN
Deposit GAFFNEY MARBLE DEFORMED; OUTCROPS IN AREA AS TWO PARALLELING LIMBS, QUARRY IN NORTHERN LIMB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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