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Unnamed Quartzite Quarry Hi-028

Past Producer in Burke county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079286
MRDS ID W028484
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quartzite Quarry Hi-028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.90595, 35.81037 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 7.8 KM SE OF ASHFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burke(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashford(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)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Burke

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO WESTERN VALLEY BOTTOM OF LINVILLE RIVER NEAR MOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE USED LOCALLY AS CONSTRUCTION STONE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.90595, 35.81037
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Thrust System

Ore body information

  • General form METAMORPHOSED BEDDED
    Strike NNE
    Dip 25 ESE
    Plunge SOUTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Year of first production 1975

Mining district

District name Linville Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL PRODUCTION PROBABLY FOR LOCAL USE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF STONE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 3M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERY SMALL QUARRY INTO HILL SIDE WORK FACE ABOUT 3 M HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, 1979, PERSONAL OBSERVATION.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOCHEM D'AGOSTINO, SAMPLIN

  • Production

    D'AGOSTINO, 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC UNIT EXTENDS OVER LARGE AREA AT SURFACE; PROBABLY ONLY OCCASIONALLY ACTIVE AS NEEDED
Deposit BEDROCK LOWER QUARTZITE UNIT OF THICK-TO THIN-BEDDED FINE-TO MEDIUM-GRAINED GRAY QUARTZITE AND ARKOSIC QUARTZITE CONTAINING THIN LAYERS OF GREEN SERICITE PHYLLITE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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