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The building and ornamental stones of North Carolina (1906)

Watson, Thomas L. (Thomas Leonard), 1871-1924, Laney, Francis Baker, 1875-1938, Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929 · Raleigh, [N.C.] : E.M. Uzzell, Public Printer · leaf 44

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(£) The Carolina Metamorphic Slate and Volcanic Belt. (3) The Carolina Igneous Belt. (The Main Granite Belt.) (4) The Western Piedmont Gneiss and Granite Belt.III. The Appalachian Mountain Eegion. It will be observed that this division of the State into belts is essen- 1 Kerr, W. C, Geology of… … ^ 12 BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES OF NORTH CAROLINA. this area is considerably less. Openings from which more or less granitehas been quarried in the past have been made in a majority of thecounties in which granites occur, but at the present time less than a dozenquarries are being…

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