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Unnamed Stone Quarry Ei-002

Producer in Alexander 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089807
MRDS ID W031911
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Stone Quarry Ei-002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.12009, 35.96259 (WGS84)
Elevation 344
Relative position 7.2 KM NNW OF HIDDENITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alexander(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hiddenite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Yadkin(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 Alexander

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY ADJACENT TO ROAD AT BASE OF OUTLIER ROCKY FACE MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.12009, 35.96259
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLUTON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Taylorsville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • LACK OF PIT DEVELOPMENT INDICATES ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPO, 1970, CLEARING INDICATES WORKING AREA ABOUT 200 M LONG, 150 M WIDE: MAP SHOWS NO PIT DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE AREA UNDERLAIN BY GRANITIC ROCK: PROBABLY OCCASIONALLY ACTIVE TO MEET LOCAL DEMANDS
Deposit GRANITE MASSIVE TO WEAKLY FOLIATED, EVEN-GRAINED TO PORPHYRITIC ; 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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