Production Used For Granite Quarrying
Rock Granite Ncpedia. In 1980 the states granite production was sixth in the United States with ten quarries in five counties Avery Mitchell Rowan Surry and Watauga The earliest recorded granite quarry was in Wake County southeast of Raleigh about 1805 for local use A second quarry east of Raleigh in a granite gneiss supplied stone for building the State.