Mine detail: Unnamed Sand Pit

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Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.44788, -82.47597
dep_id: 10026294
mrds_id: K003546
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sand
Reporter: Floyd, Robert J.
hrock_unit: Alluvium;Age Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
hrock_type: Alluvium
Structure: Northeast - Trending Brevard Fault Zone
References:
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, R.E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MRS 202 - NW
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM 202 - NW, SCALE 1:24000
  • Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPOR
  • Production:: LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES
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