Furrs Gravel Pit

Producer in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107385
MRDS ID W031962
Record type Site
Current site name Furrs Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.68869, 35.40149 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 11.1 KM SSW OF KANNAPOLIS RADIO TOWER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kannapolis(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

  • COMPANY OWNS ANOTHER PIT 1.0 KM ENE OF FURRS PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.68869, 35.40149

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Corriher Gravel And Grading Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT ESTIMATED TO BE 250 M IN DIAMETER, 10M DEEP, FROM CONTOUR CONFIGURATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P., 1982, FIELD INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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