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Norwood Quartz Quarry

Past Producer in Stanly county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080556
MRDS ID W031839
Record type Site
Current site name Norwood Quartz Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.15257, 35.2251 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 KM W OF NORWOOD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanly(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aquadale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Stanly

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF SANFORD BRICK CORPORATION CLAY PITS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR EXTERIOR PRE-CAST WALLS OF BUILDINGS

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES 99.99% SIO2
Result TRACE OF CU, MA, V, AND YT
Result MOST PROBABLY SUITABLE FOR OPTICS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.15257, 35.2251
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hill Of Major Quartz Veins In Tillery Formation

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 30M
    Length 90M
    Width 30M
    Depth to bottom 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1980

Mining district

District name Southern Albemarle Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stanly Shale Products; Sanford Brick Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • LOCAL MARKET PRICE $63.00 PER TON OF CRUSHED CHIPS; PRODUCTION ESTIMATED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • D'AGOSTINO, J., 1980.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.27HA
    Overall length 82.3M
    Overall width 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT MINED OUT WITHIN ONE YEAR BY 4 TO 5 MEN; BY POWER DRILLING, BLASTING AND BULL DOZER SCOOP; REMOVED HILL AND LEFT HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, J.P., 1980, PERSONAL OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    1980 COMPILE J. D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MA

  • Production

    D'AGOSTINO, J., 1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HILL OF MASSIVE VEIN QUARTZ IN CAMBRIAN TILLERY FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 D'Agostino, John P. (Rowe, William D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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