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Unnamed Stone Quarry Bl-001

Producer in Stanly county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107360
MRDS ID W028620
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Stone Quarry Bl-001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.25173, 35.21066 (WGS84)
Elevation 81
Relative position 7.0 KM SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF DUE EAST OF OAKBORO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanly(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oakboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Stanly

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO EAST BANK OF ROCKY RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.25173, 35.21066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Oakboro Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION INDICATES A MODERATE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPES REMAIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.5HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 75M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPO, 1971, SHOWS QUARRY SIZE BY CONTOUR DISPLACEMENT; WORKING FACE INTO HILL SIDE ABOUT 30 M HIGH; SHALLOW DEPRESSION OF LESS THAN 3 M DEEP ALSO INDICATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUARRY LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON OAKBORO TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSER. AND DEVEL., 1958, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, J. P., 1980, DATA FOR CRIB.

  • Deposit

    1980 COMPILE D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MA

  • Production

    TOPO, 1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY OCCASIONALLY ACTIVE TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS
Deposit ARGILLITES CONSIST OF LAVA FLOWS INTERBEDDED WITH BEDS OF ASH, TUFF, BRECCIA, AND SHALE OR SLATE, ALL OF THESE EXCEPT THE FLOW CONTAIN MUCH NONVOLCANIC MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF MUD, CLAY, SILT, SAND AND CONGLOMERATE; FLOWS VARY FROM RHYOLITE THROUGH ANDESITE TO BASALT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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