Mine detail: Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gi-022

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Location: Burke County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.76566, -81.65622
dep_id: 10106098
mrds_id: W028459
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: BEDDED
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Northeast
tectonic: Near To Brevard Fault System
Year first produced: 1900
disc_yr: 1900
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 LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON MORGANTON NORTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.
  • Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP BRYANT, GEOLOGIC MA
  • Production:: BRYANT, 1966
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