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Stice Shoals Dam Granite Gneiss Quarry

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078250
MRDS ID W026483
Record type Site
Current site name Stice Shoals Dam Granite Gneiss Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.58705, 35.224 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 6.7 KM WSW OF PATTERSON SPRINGS, ADJACENT TO STICE SHOALS DAM SITE ON BROAD RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRY OPENED AND USED DURING DAM CONSTRUCTION.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.58705, 35.224
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Possibly N. C. State
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Possibly N. C. State

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT FOR IMMEDIATE USE DURING DAM CONSTRUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; A LARGE VOLUME REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; MINOR TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY LOCATED IN BLACKSBURG NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF STICE SHOALS DAM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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