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Rocky River Stone Quarry

Producer in Anson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100918
MRDS ID W031905
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky River Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.12229, 35.17455 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF NORWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Gilead West(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 Anson

Comments on the location information

  • OVERLOOKS ROCKY RIVER AT HORSE SHOE BEND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.12229, 35.17455
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Albemarle

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. V. Hedrick Gravel And Sand Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY OPENING AND CONFIGURATION NOT SHOWN ON 1956 TOPO SHEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDANIEL, RON, AND MCKENZIE, BEN, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL PRODUCERS, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RES., DIV. OF EARTH RES., MIN. RES. SECT., 64P., MAP AT 1:1,000,000 LOCATES QUARRY SITE, TEXT P.41

  • Deposit

    1976 COMPILE N.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ACTIVE MINES

  • Deposit

    1981 COMPILE J. D'AGOSTINO, QUARRIES MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 D'Agostino, John P U.S. Geological Survey

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