Mine detail: Davidson Building Stone Mine

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Location: Davidson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.5318, -80.10478
dep_id: 60001778
mrds_id: W028521
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY VOLCANICS
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore_ctrl: SEDIMENTATION-VOLCANISM-METAMORPHISM
Structure: NNE SHEAR SYSTEM
Year first produced: 1950
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: MCDANIEL, RONALD D., AND MCKENZIE, BENJAMIN J., 1976, DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL PRODUCERS, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RES., DIV. OF EARTH RES., MINERAL RES. SECT., TEXT 64, QUARRY TEXT P. 7; QUARRY LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON ACCOMPANING MAP AT 1:1,000,000.
  • Deposit:: QUARRY LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON DENTON TOPO QUAD AT 1:62,500.
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