Mine detail: Finger Limestone Quarry

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Location: Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.494, -81.18732
dep_id: 60001757
mrds_id: W028486
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, High Calcium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: METAMORPHOSED CHEMICAL SEDIMENT
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
Structure: NE FAULT SYSTEM
Year first produced: 1775
disc_yr: 1775
References:
  • Deposit:: CONRAD, S. G., 1960, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE OF THE PIEDMONT AND MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 74, TEXT 56 P., QUARRY TEXT P. 42, 43.
  • Deposit:: QUARRY IN LINCOLNTON EAST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.
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