Mine detail: Kings Mountain Crushed Rock Quarry

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Location: Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.22733, -81.3426
dep_id: 10107343
mrds_id: W026364
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Marble
gangue: Phlogopite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Marble
Structure: Nne Trending Folds And Faults, Overturned Folds
Year first produced: 1940
discr: Unknown
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: WHITLOW, JESSE, 1967 , USGS, PIT SAMPLES 67 JW 320 , 320 A, 320 B
  • Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., TEXT 13 P., MAP AT 1 : 62,500
  • Deposit:: QUARRY SHOWN IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000
  • Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS
  • Deposit:: 1967 GEOCHEM WHITLOW, J., GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES
  • Production:: TOPO MAP AT 1 : 24,000 , 1971
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