Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 049

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078256
MRDS ID W026494
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.44173, 35.15931 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Relative position 1.3 KM SE OF GROVER, N. C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West Side of Kings Mountain Range
  • Quarry Located In Grover Topo Quad At 1 : 24,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Graphite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BLUISH GRAY MARBLE BEDS IN BASAL UNIT CONTAIN 97 PERCENT CALCIUM CARBONATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.44173, 35.15931

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 9M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE LIMESTONE QUARRIED FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME AND IRON ORE FLUX

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNT OF IMPURE LIMESTONE REMAINS AT SITE

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; NO EXPRESSION ON TOPO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES QUARRY ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY LOCATED IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

  • Deposit

    Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p.., Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Quarry On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p.., Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Quarry On Map At 1 : 62,500 , Text 13 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY BLUISH GRAY BEDS OF HIGH GRADE LIMESTONE USED FOR LIME AND IRON ORE FLUX
Deposit GAFFNEY MARBLE DEFORMED; OUTCROPS IN AREA AS TWO PARALLELING LIMBS, QUARRY IN NORTHERN LIMB ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 97 % Caco3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. 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

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