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Mineral Resources |
This section highlights activities of North Carolina's mineral industry and the state's mineral resources.
| Mining permits | Topographic maps and aerial photographs |
| Crushed
stone (aggregates) in North Carolina
Provides an overview of crushed stone (aggregate) resources and production in North Carolina; also a virtual tour of an aggregate operation. |
Building
stones (dimension stone) of North Carolina
Provides an overview of building stone resources in North Carolina and also a virtual tour of an building stone (dimension stone) operation. |
| Assays (geochemical analytical laboratories) | Mineral identification |
| Pilot plant laboratory and mineral beneficiation studies | Mineral resources of North Carolina |
| Aggregates (physical and chemical properties) | Project Earth (additional earth science education resources) |
| Geochemistry - stream sediment, domestic well and stream water geochemical data from the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program. | Mineral file contents -- Archdale office |
| Atlas of Opaque Ore Minerals | Mineral file contents -- Asheville regional office |
| Standard reference materials (National Institute of Standards and Technology); use the Power Search option -- e.g. enter rocks, etc. | Links to other earth science Internet sites |