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Unnamed Sandstone Quarry Hi - 008

Past Producer in Burke county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089582
MRDS ID W027525
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sandstone Quarry Hi - 008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.88623, 35.81565 (WGS84)
Elevation 482
Relative position 3.8 KM ESE OF PINNACLE PEAK; QUARRY LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burke(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan 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 Burke

Comments on the location information

  • ON FOOTHILL CREST SOUTHEAST OF SHORTOFF MOUNTAINS; WITHIN PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ITACOLUMITE SANDSTONE OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Mica Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.88623, 35.81565
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Fault System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Trust Fault Boundry Trends East At Site

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Thrust Fault Contact Of Two Bedrock Units

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800
Year of first production 1800

Mining district

District name Linville Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF THIS UNUSUAL SANDSTONE MINED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME QUANTITIES OF BEDDED FLEXIBLE SANDSTONE REMAIN

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 121

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IN ASHFORD TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTION

  • Production

    NITZE, 1893

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS UNKNOWN
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1800

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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