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Unnamed Granite Quarry Dk-023

Past Producer in Mecklenburg 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089733
MRDS ID W028619
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Granite Quarry Dk-023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.95148, 35.28843 (WGS84)
Elevation 210
Relative position 1.6 KM NW OF PAW CREEK TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Island Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Mecklenburg

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.95148, 35.28843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLUTON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Charlotte Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3HA
    Overall depth 6M
    Overall length 228.6M
    Overall width 120M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUARRY LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, J. P., 1980, DATA FOR CRIB.

  • Deposit

    1980 COMPILE D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MA

  • Production

    TOPO, 1969

Reporter information

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

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

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