Kings Mountain Crushed Rock Quarry

Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107343
MRDS ID W026364
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Mountain Crushed Rock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.3426, 35.22733 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Relative position 1.2 KM SOUTH OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS ROAD METAL AND RAILROAD BALLAST

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Phlogopite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SHALE SAMPLE 320 SHOWED ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS IN PERCENT OF FE 7 , CA 2 , TI 0.7 AND IN PPM B 2,000 , NI 70 , V 300 , ZR 200
Result AND IN DEBRIE SHALE SAMPLE 320 A IN PERCENT CA 3 , TI 0.7 , AND IN PPM B 150 , V 200 , AND ZR 150
Result AND IN MARBLE SAMPLE 320 B IN PERCENT MG 5 , CA 15 , AND IN PPM SR 300 , V 150 , AND ZR 150

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.3426, 35.22733

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending Folds And Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 25 TO 40 E
    Dip 45 TO 60 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SIZE OF PIT INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED STONE DURING MINE LIFE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNKNOWN, PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNT OF MARBLE PRESENT ALONG STRIKE OR AT GREATER DEPTH BUT MINING MAY BE COSTLY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 75M
    Overall length 1097.28M
    Overall width 350M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAJOR PIT; DIMENSIONS AS OF 1971 , PRESENT WORKINGS LARGER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: WHITLOW, JESSE, 1967 , USGS, PIT SAMPLES 67 JW 320 , 320 A, 320 B

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., TEXT 13 P., MAP AT 1 : 62,500

  • Deposit

    QUARRY SHOWN IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOCHEM WHITLOW, J., GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES

  • Production

    TOPO MAP AT 1 : 24,000 , 1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS OF GAFFNEY MARBLE FORMATION NOT GIVEN; INCLUDES LIMY SANDSTONE, LIMY SHALE, AND LIMY SILTSTONE
Deposit STRATIGRAPHIC UNIT THAT PINCHES AND SWELLS ALONG STRIDE DUE TO FOLDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references