Hicone Quarry

Past Producer in Guilford 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. 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 10272317
MRDS ID W021025
MAS/MILS ID 0370810006
Record type Site
Current site name Hicone Quarry
Related records 10074680

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.70507, 36.16398 (WGS84)
Elevation 241

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guilford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Browns Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(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 Guilford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.70507, 36.16398

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co., Southeast Division
    ID 3100053

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT DECEMBER 5, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0370819010.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 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)

StatusAbandoned since 12/15/2020
MSHA mine ID3102088
Mine name (MSHA)HICONE Quarry
Current operatorMartin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (913 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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