Mine detail: Pinner Creek Quarry

Location:	Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.44538, -82.49625
dep_id:	10026298
mrds_id:	K003552
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Marble, Dimension
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Marble
orebody_fm:	PODS AND LAYERS
Reporter:	Floyd, Robert J.
hrock_unit:	Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
hrock_type:	Schist,Mylonite
Structure:	Northeast - Trending Brevard Fault Zone
References:	Deposit:: INGLE, R.S., 1947, LIMESTONE IN THE BREVARD SCHIST: N.C. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL. UNPUB. REPT. Deposit:: CONRAD, S.G., 1960, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONES OF THE PIEDMONT AND MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL. BULL. 74 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:: 1947 COMPILE INGLE, R.S., N.C. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL.; REPORT Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE CONRAD, S.G., N.C. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL.; REPORT Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPORT Production:: LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEP. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES