Duke Quarry

Producer in Orange county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Granite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10200001
MAS/MILS ID 0371350006
Record type Site
Current site name Duke Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -79.18645, 36.07929 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Efland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Neuse(hydrologic unit)

Neuse(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -79.18645, 36.07929

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Duke University
    ID 3101631
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MCDANIEL AND MCKENZIE,1976,DIR OF NC MIN PROD.NC DEPT NA

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTORS 1978

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/05/1981
MSHA mine ID3101631
Mine name (MSHA)Duke Quarry I-Orange County
Current operatorDuke University
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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