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Unnamed State Hiway Quarry Ak-026

Past Producer in Montgomery 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106100
MRDS ID W028499
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed State Hiway Quarry Ak-026

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.05367, 35.31177 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 5.0 KM SLIGHTLY WEST OF DUE NORTH OF PEE DEE TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie 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 Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY CROSSING FORESTED RANGE OF STEEP-SIDED HILLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL QUARRY USED IN LOCAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Shear System

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Albemarle Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. C. State Hiway Department

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION TO MEET LOCAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION NEEDS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on development

  • BEDROCK EXCEEDINGLY HARD AND CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE JAW CRUSHERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, JAMES F., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE ALBEMARLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 75, TEXT 26 P., MINE TEXT P. 19, MINE SYMBOLS SHOWN ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP CONLEY, N. C. STATE, GEOLOGIC MA

  • Production

    CONLEY, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING; MAY BE ACTIVATED TO MEET LOCAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION DEMANDS
Deposit INTERBEDDED LITHIC, LITHIC-CRYSTAL, AND DEVITRIFIED VITRIC-CRYSTAL TUFFS, ROCKS USUALLY EXHIBIT FAINT BEDDING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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