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Spencer Mountain Quartzite Quarry

Past Producer in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078901
MRDS ID W027601
Record type Site
Current site name Spencer Mountain Quartzite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.11871, 35.29566 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Relative position 3.6 KM NNW OF LOWELL; SOUTH SIDE OF SPENCER MOUNTAIN; EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Holly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRUSHED STONE OF QUARTZITES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.11871, 35.29566
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gastonia Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY A SMALL QUARRY FOR LOCAL USES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY LARGE VOLUME OF HARD QUARTZITE ROCK REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED HARD ROCK QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN STATES, USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000 , QUARRY TEXT P. 89

  • Deposit

    QUARRY SITE IN MOUNT HOLLY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG

  • Production

    ESPENSHADE, 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICK SEQUENCE OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Deposit BEDROCK IN QUARRY IS FINE-GRAINED QUARTZITE, MICACEOUS QUARTZITE, AND QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. 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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