Land Use Data for Latitude 36.25 Longitude -81.75

Locations

Grandfather Mountain

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)	Minerals
	Iron
	Sulfur-Pyrite
	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Anthophyllite Prospect	Asbestos
Avery Place	Titanium, Metal, Iron
Bamboo Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Banner Elk Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Blackburn Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Boone Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Buckeye Creek Prospect	Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Beryllium, Copper
Buckeye Creek Silver Prospect	Lead, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Beryllium
Cabbage Creek Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Cable Prospect (Underground)	Iron
Copper Prospect	Copper
Cranberry Mill (Processing Plant)	Iron
Cranberry Mine (Underground)	Iron
Daugherty	Mercury, Zinc
Dougherty Zinc Prospect	Zinc, Mercury
Dowell Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite
Draught Creek Prospect	Barium-Barite
Dugger	Barium-Barite, Iron, Zinc
Dugger Prospect	Zinc, Barium-Barite, Iron
Duvall Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Elk Creek Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Dimension
Elk Knob Prospect	Copper
Elk Stone Pit (Surface)	Stone, Dimension
Exploration Drill Site (Surface)	Graphite
F.M. Bucannon Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Fedspar Prospect	Feldspar
Feldspar Prospect	Feldspar
Feldspar Prospect	Feldspar
Firmstone Prospect	Iron
Floyd Cable Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
G.W. Stout Prospect	Iron
Giles Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Dimension
Gold Prospect	Gold
Grandfather Mountain Quarry (Surface)	Granite
H.J. White Prospect	Manganese
Hampton Knob Prospect (Surface)	Iron
Hampton Prospect	Iron
Harper Creek Uranium Prospect	Uranium
Hodges Gap Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Holloway Prospect	Manganese
Iron Prospect	Iron
James Branch Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Jerry Coe Mine (Surface)	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Jones-Shoun Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
King Magnetite Prospect	Iron
Lick Log Mine	Mica, Feldspar
Lineback Mine	Mica, Feldspar
Linville Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Mica Prospect	Mica
Mica Prospect	Manganese
Miller Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Moody Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
N.W. Harper Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Newland Prospect (Surface)	Iron
O.M. Hampton Stone Quarry (Surface)	Stone
Osborn Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Potter Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Powder Horne Rock Crusher (Surface)	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Proffit Prospect	Nickel, Cobalt
Sink Mountain Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Spear Branch Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Spice Branch Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Stalcup Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Stanton Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Stone Co. Mine (Surface)	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Three Top Pit (Surface)	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Todd Pit (Surface)	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Co. (Surface)	Manganese
Wagner Property (Underground)	Zinc
Wagner Zinc Prospect	Lead, Zinc, Mercury
Wilson Prospect (Surface)	Manganese
Yadkin-Richland District	Titanium