Staley Quartz Crushing Plant

Producer in Randolph county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223852
MAS/MILS ID 0371519901
Record type Site
Current site name Staley Quartz Crushing Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -79.55787, 35.80819 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -79.55787, 35.80819

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Southern Aggregates, Inc., Subs. Of
    ID 3101093

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT DECEMBER 5, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL.SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    PLANT PRODUCES CRUSHED QUART.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 1981

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 06/15/1979
MSHA mine ID3101093
Mine name (MSHA)Southern Aggregates
Current operatorSouthern Aggregates
Current controller (parent)John W Justice IV
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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