Davidson Building Stone Mine

Producer in Davidson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001778
MRDS ID W028521
Record type District
Current site name Davidson Building Stone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.10478, 35.5318 (WGS84)
Relative position WOODED CREST OF SMALL KNOB IN RURAL AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.10478, 35.5318

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description NNE SHEAR SYSTEM

Controls for ore emplacement

  • SEDIMENTATION-VOLCANISM-METAMORPHISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner JACOBS CREEK STONE CO.
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDANIEL, RONALD D., AND MCKENZIE, BENJAMIN J., 1976, DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL PRODUCERS, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RES., DIV. OF EARTH RES., MINERAL RES. SECT., TEXT 64, QUARRY TEXT P. 7; QUARRY LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON ACCOMPANING MAP AT 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON DENTON TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.

Beyond USGS

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