Smithport Quarry

Past Producer in Ashe county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10200122
MRDS ID W020833
MAS/MILS ID 0370090002
Record type Site
Current site name Smithport Quarry
Related records 10074530

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.48762, 36.43898 (WGS84)
Elevation 104

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Ashe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Maymead Lime Co.
    ID 3100436

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JANUARY 24, 1973.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    CMS LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 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)

StatusActive since 02/04/1985
MSHA mine ID3101356
Mine name (MSHA)Smethport Quarry
Current operatorCardinal Quarries LLC
Current controller (parent)Doug Dalton
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (320 m, 0.89 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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