Mine detail: Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Hi-032

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.87259, -81.78983

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone, Dimension
Orebody form: BEDDED
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1950

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Ne Thrust System, Quarry Sited Along A Thrust Fault
Tectonic:Within Breuard Fault System

References

MRDSW028478
DEP10079280
Reference{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 OAK HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP BRYANT, GEOLOGIC MA}{Production:: BRYANT, 1960}
Reporter*gostino, John P.