Bamboo Quarry

Producer in Watauga 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 10249197
MRDS ID W021278
MAS/MILS ID 0371890003
Record type Site
Current site name Bamboo Quarry
Alternate or previous names New River Quarry, Bamboo Road Quarry
Related records 10074875

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.63313, 36.21699 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Watauga(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boone(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 Watauga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.63313, 36.21699

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 Unknown
    Owner New River Crushed Stone, Inc.
    ID 3101183

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 16, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PERMANENT MILL.

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0371899002.

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)

StatusAbandoned since 08/15/1995
MSHA mine ID3101183
Mine name (MSHA)BAMBOO QUARRY
Current operatorK & C Crushed Stone Inc
Current controller (parent)Raymond S Cecile
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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