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Unnamed Stone Quarry Hk-004

Producer in Rutherford county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Granite
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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 10080604
MRDS ID W031914
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Stone Quarry Hk-004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.85762, 35.27567 (WGS84)
Elevation 247
Relative position 1.95 KM FROM SANDY MUSH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forest City(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 Rutherford

Comments on the location information

  • ON VALLEY BOTTOM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HARDER AND TOUGHER ROCK LAYERS PROBABLY BROKEN OR CRUSHED FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE FOR LOCAL USE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.85762, 35.27567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE LACK OF TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION INDICATES ONLY A MINOR WORKING WITH A SMALL PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPES REMAIN

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, 1966, SHOWS NO CONTOUR EXPRESSION FOR QUARRY SIZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSER. AND DEVEL., 1958, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, SCALE 1:500,000

  • Deposit

    1980 COMPILE D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MA

  • Production

    TOPO, 1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY OCCASIONALLY ACTIVE TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS
Deposit MICA GNEISS UNIT INCLUDES MICA SCHIST AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER GNEISSES AND SCHISTS, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE OR MARBLE, AND PEGMATITE: SOME GNEISS MAY BE METAMORPHOSED GRANITE: SOME INJECTION GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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