Old Limestone Quarry of Catawba County

Past Producer in Catawba county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Limestone, High Calcium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001758
MRDS ID W028487
Record type District
Current site name Old Limestone Quarry of Catawba County
Alternate or previous names Powell Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.06451, 35.6554 (WGS84)
Relative position IN VALLEY BOTTOM ADJACENT TO STREAM IN GENTLY ROLLING TERRAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catawba(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catawba(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 Catawba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.06451, 35.6554

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description NE FAULT SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MR. JOHN CARPENTER
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, S. G., 1960, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE OF THE PIEDMONT AND MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL. DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 74, TEXT 56 P., QUARRY TEXT P. 43, 44.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IN DENVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.

Beyond USGS

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