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Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Watauga 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102378
MRDS ID K005031
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.86817, 36.27759 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTHWEST FLANK OF DYER KNOB ABOUT ONE - HALF MILE NORTH OF BRIDGE OVER WATAUGA RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Watauga(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

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 Watauga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SIMILAR ROCK IS WELL EXPOSED THROUGHOUT THE BEAVERDAM CREEK VALLEY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Massive Granodioritic Gneiss
    Rock description Massive Granodioritic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.86817, 36.27759
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ROCK USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL ROADS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.175HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY IS ABOUT 200 FEET LONG BY 100 FEET WIDE WITH A FACE ABOUT 70 FEET HIGH ON ITS EAST SIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTHOLOMEW, M. J., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SHERWOOD QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION MRS 214-SE

  • Production

    BARTHOLOMEW, M. J., IN PROGRESS 1976, MRS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Bartholomew, Mervin J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority

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