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Groves Lake Quarryb

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026306
MRDS ID K003563
Record type Site
Current site name Groves Lake Quarryb

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.47014, 35.46593 (WGS84)
Relative position NW END OF GROVES LAKE, 1.0 MILE ENE OF CHRIST SCHOOL

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

  • QUARRY PARTIALLY BACKFILLED AND FLOODED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1: 37.7% CAO
Result 14.0% MGO
Result 0.7% SIO2
Result 1.3% R2O3
Result 46.2% IGN. LOSS. SAMPLE 2: 38.4% CAO
Result 12.6% MGO
Result 1.0% SIO2
Result 1.3% R2O3
Result 45.9% 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) -82.47014, 35.46593
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LAYERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY IS WITHIN BREVARD FAULT ZONE, 750 FEET FROM ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PARTIALLY BACKFILLED AND FLOODED

Comments on development

  • WELL-PRESERVED BEEHIVE KILN 150 FT SOUTH OF QUARRY

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

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

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

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