Blair Quarry

Unknown in Fairfield county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Granite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075756
MRDS ID W022425
Record type Site
Current site name Blair Quarry
Related records 10256717

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39403, 34.41842 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.39403, 34.41842

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co., Southeast Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT OCTOBER 3, 1973

  • Deposit

    Mesa Health And Safety Inspection Report October 3, 1973.Mesa Health And Safety Inspection Report October 3, 1973.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 8/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-2000 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-AUG-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/04/1976
MSHA mine ID3800010
Mine name (MSHA)BLAIR QUARRY
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1039 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references