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Unnamed Flagstone Quarry Ak-024

Past Producer in Montgomery 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079294
MRDS ID W028496
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Flagstone Quarry Ak-024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.01811, 35.37066 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position 2.5 KM SW OF UWHARRIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • WOODED NEARLY LEVEL TERRAIN OF HEADWATER DRAINAGE
  • FORESTED STEEP VALLEY HILLSIDE ALONG NORTH SIDE CEDAR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD PROBABLY IN QUARTZ VEINS
  • PHYLLITE FISSILE BUT TOO JOINTED PRODUCING ONLY NARROW SLATES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Phyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.01811, 35.37066
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Shear System

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Albemarle Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF SLATE POORLY SUITED BECAUSE OF NARROW WIDTH PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR BEDROCK REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR SURFACE TRENCHES AND PITS

Comments on development

  • TWO PROSPECTS, BOTH ADJACENT TO OLD ROAD, THE SECOND SOUTH OF ROAD; BOTH PROSPECTS ABOUT 300M NORTH OF CID MINE WORKINGS
  • DIRECTION OF SHEAR IN PHYLLITE WAS PARALLEL TO BEDDING CAUSING ROCK TO SPLIT INTO THIN FISSILE PLATES WHICH MIGHT BE USED FOR ROOFING SLATE BUT ROCK CONTAINS CLOSELY SPACED JOINT SYSTEM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, JAMES F., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE ALBEMARLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL. 75, TEXT 26 P., MINE TEXT P. 19, MINE SYMBOLS SHOWN ON GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    MINE IN ALBEMARLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP CONLEY, N. C. STATE, GEOLOGIC MA

  • Production

    CONLEY, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit QUARRY OPENED FOR ROOFING SLATE BUT JOINTS TOO CLOSELY SPACED REDUCING SIZE OF MATERIAL QUARRIED AND ROOFING SLATE VENTURE UNSUCCESSFUL
Deposit ARGILLITE SHOWS FINE GRADED BEDDING COMPOSED OF ALTERNATING SILT AND CLAY LAYERS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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