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Royal Pearl Quarry

Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089809
MRDS ID W031915
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Pearl Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.61452, 35.40093 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position 3.4 KM WSW OF CONCORD CITY HALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Cabarrus

Comments on the location information

  • ON UNFORESTED LEVEL UPLAND SURFACE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIMENSION STONE SUITABLE FOR POLISHING FOR FACING OR TOMBSTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Syenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.61452, 35.40093
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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 Concord Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF STONE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.028HA
    Overall depth 4.5M
    Overall length 21.03M
    Overall width 12M

Comments on the workings information

  • WATER-FILLED TO WITHIN 3M OF SURFACE

Comments on development

  • PLUTON FORMS NOTICEABLE RING STRUCTURE ON STATE GEOLOGIC MAP: DARK BLACKISH ROCK TAKES AN EXCELLENT POLISH

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, PERSONAL OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    1980 COMPILE D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MA

  • Production

    D'AGOSTINO, 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE AREA UNDERLAIN BY MASSIVE SYENITIC ROCK
Deposit SYENITE MASSIVE TO WEAKLY FOLIATED AUGITE SYENITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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