Unnamed Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Rutherford county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080616
MRDS ID W031932
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.86706, 35.27567 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 6.4 KM SSE OF FOREST CITY

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sandy Mush Granite
    Rock description Sandy Mush Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.86706, 35.27567

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 73.15M
    Overall width 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT ON HILL SLOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P., 1982, MAP STUDY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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