...little of the granite was quarried at Henderson the county seat, for use on the streets. The granite has been used mostly for street purposes in the form...places in Virginia and North Carolina, especially in the eastern parts of €the two States. The quarry waste is used for macadam and ballast. Greystone...

...little of the granite was quarried at Hendersonj the county seat, for use on the streets. The granite has been used mostly for street purposes in the form...It has been shipped to numerous places in Virginia ami North Carolina, especially in the eastern parts of the two States. The quarry waste is used for...

...Greystone. This is one of the best-known North Carolina granites and has been worked for a long time. It has been used mostly for street purposes, in the form...bridges, and to a less extent as a building stone. The stone is a biotite granite of gray to pinkish gray color, fine to medium grain and schistose structure....

...biotite granite containing occasional shreds of muscovite. The other minerals are orthoclase, mierocline, some striated acid plagioclase, a few pieces of microperthite...located at Greystone, a station on the Seaboard Air Line Railway, 4 miles north of Henderson, the countyseat. They are the largest and best known quarries in...