Gneiss Rock Quarry

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079084
MRDS ID W027978
Record type Site
Current site name Gneiss Rock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.43733, 35.12841 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 4.8 KM SSE OF GROVER, N.C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(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 South Carolina Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West Side of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Individual Layers May Differ In Composition and Physical Properties
  • CONSTRUCTION STONE FOR LOCAL USES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.43733, 35.12841

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERS
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY VERY SMALL PRODUCTION FROM QUARRY TO SUPPLY LOCAL NEEDS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENORMOUS VOLUME OF COUNTRY ROCK REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY SITE ON TOPO MAP SHOWS NO TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIEBER, OSCAR M., 1856 , REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FIRST ANN. REPT. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: COLUMBIA, S. C., R. W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, TEXT 135 P., QUARRY ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:125,000

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1856 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINE

  • Production

    LIEBER, 1856

  • Deposit

    Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W.Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P., Mine Located On Geol. Map At 1:125,000Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W.Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P., Mine Located On Geol. Map At 1:125,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY OUTCROP OF HARD ROCK LAYERS
Deposit ROAN GNEISS IN PLACES INTRUDED BY HARD GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Mine In Grover Topo Quad At 1:24,
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

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