Mine detail: Unamed Granite Gneiss Quarry Hi-012

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Location: Burke County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.9537, -81.8754
dep_id: 10079267
mrds_id: W028461
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: PLUTON
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Northeast
tectonic: Within Brevard Fault System
Year first produced: 1960
disc_yr: 1960
References:
  • Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND REED, J.C., JR., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 615, TEXT 190 P., MINE LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:62,500.
  • Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE AND REED, J.C., JR., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 521, TEXT 13 P.
  • Deposit:: QUARRY IN LINVILLE FALLS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.
  • Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP BRYANT, GEOLOGIC MA
  • Production:: BRYANT, 1970
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