Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Di-005

Past Producer in Iredell county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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 10106107
MRDS ID W028617
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Di-005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.94925, 35.94926 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 2.0 KM NE OF CENTRAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iredell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(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 Iredell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.94925, 35.94926

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Statesville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.75HA
    Overall length 160.02M
    Overall width 100M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUARRY LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON CENTRAL 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-FEB-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.