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Otterson Limestone Quarry

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone
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  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 10079095
MRDS ID W027992
Record type Site
Current site name Otterson Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.73153, 35.01701 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 0.6 KM DUE WEST OF THICKETTY; QUARRY LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaffney(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 OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE
  • West of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL QUARRY FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE AND FOR BURNT LIME FOR LOCAL USES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Tremolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result YIELDS POOR QUALITY LIME

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.73153, 35.01701
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Gaffney Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • VERY MINOR AMOUNTS OF ROCK QUARRIED FOR STONE; POORLY SUITED FOR BURNT LIME

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME LOW-GRADE LIMESTONE PROBABLY AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL QUARRY OF LIMESTONE OUTCROP; NOT DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: LIEBER, 1857

  • Deposit

    LIEBER, OSCAR M., 1857 , REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SECOND ANN. REPT. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: COLUMBIA, S.C., R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, TEXT 145 P., QUARRY TEXT P. 86 , QUARRY LOCATED ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:310,000

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINE

  • Production

    LIEBER, 1857

  • Deposit

    Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P., Quarry Text P. 86 , Quarry Located On Geol. Map At 1:310Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P., Quarry Text P. 86 , Quarry Located On Geol. Map At 1:310

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL OUTCROP OF LIMESTONE
Deposit GNEISS UNIT INCLUDES SOME MARBLE BEDS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 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

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