Mine detail: Stice Shoals Dam Granite Gneiss Quarry

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Location: Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.224, -81.58705
dep_id: 10078250
mrds_id: W026483
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: MASSIVE
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Granite
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1911
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1910
discr: Possibly N. C. State
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.
  • Deposit:: QUARRY LOCATED IN BLACKSBURG NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION
  • Production:: KEITH, 1931
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