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Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gi-022

Past Producer in Burke county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106098
MRDS ID W028459
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gi-022

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.65622, 35.76566 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position 3.4 KM NE OF MORGANTON COURTHOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burke(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morganton North(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 Burke

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE SLOPE IN FORESTED HILLY TERRAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CU S PRODUCED 1862 S IN 1904 - 1906 PRODUCED IN 1862 (CU S); 1880 - 1919 (S). IDLE SINCE 1919 .
  • USES LIMITED DUE TO IRREGULAR FOLIATION PLANES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.65622, 35.76566
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • POST - ORE METAMORPHISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Morganton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF STONE QUARRIED FOR LOCAL USE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF STONE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPRESSION (HOLE) NOT REFLECTED ON TOPO SHEET. THEREFORE WORKINGS PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on development

  • REPORT INCLUDES DRILL DATA
  • BEDROCK CONSISTS OF LAYERS OF DIFFERENT COMPOSITION

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK EXPOSED HERE. A THICK, CONTINUOUS LAYERED SEQUENCE
Deposit BIOTITE GNEISS UNIT IS LAYERED WITH ROCKS MOSTLY OF GNEISSIC VARIETIES BUT ALSO INCLUDES SCHISTS, AMPHIBOLITES AND PEGMATITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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