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Groves Lake Quarrya

Past Producer in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026305
MRDS ID K003562
Record type Site
Current site name Groves Lake Quarrya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.46903, 35.46566 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTHWEST END OF GROVES LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruitland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE. QUARRY FLOODED BY IMPOUNDMENT OF GROVES LAKE. ANOTHER QUARRY NAMED GROVES LAKE QUARRY LOCATED 400 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYSES INDICATE HIGH - PURITY DOLOMITIC MARBLE

Analytical data

Result 32.8% CAO
Result 20.0% MGO
Result 0.2% SIO2
Result 0.1% FE2O3
Result 0.6% R2O3
Result 46.8% IGN. LOSS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
    Rock description Age Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Tectonite > Mylonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.46903, 35.46566
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast - Trending Brevard Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY IS WITHIN BREVARD FAULT ZONE, APPROXIMATELY 1100 FEET FROM ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • A KILN ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF LAKE APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARRY, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF KILN COULD BE FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MRS 202 - NW

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM 202 - NW, SCALE 1:24000

  • Deposit

    INGLE, R.S., 1947, LIMESTONE IN THE BREVARD SCHIST: N.C. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL. UNPUB. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1947 COMPILE N.C. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL.; UNPUB. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPORT

  • Production

    LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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