Keener Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Lincoln county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Limestone, High Calcium, Mica, Copper, Iron
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 60001760
MRDS ID W028495
Record type District
Current site name Keener Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Beal Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.13812, 35.534 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJACENT TO EAST SIDE OF STREAM 30M NORTH OF COUNTRY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maiden(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 Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, High Calcium Primary
Mica Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.13812, 35.534

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 Both
Discovery year 1800
Year of first production 1800

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MR MASON BEAL
    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

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IN MAIDEN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

Beyond USGS

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