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Hardin Limestone Quarry

Unknown in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10079099
MRDS ID W028000
Record type Site
Current site name Hardin Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.48203, 35.14511 (WGS84)
Elevation 236
Relative position 4.2 KM SW OF GROVER, N.C.; 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

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 IN HEADWATER BRANCH
  • West Side of Kings Mountain Range In Headwater Branch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUITABLE FOR LIME AND CONSTRUCTION STONE; WAS ONLY OCCASIONALLY QUARRIED FOR LIME MANUFACTURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.48203, 35.14511
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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

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE QUARRIED FOR BURNT LIME

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • NO QUARRY CONTOUR CONFIGURATION SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Comments on development

  • BEDS OF HIGH CALCIUM LIMESTONE PRESENT IN LIMESTONE UNIT; AREA HAS TWO PARALLEL NE TRENDING LIMBS OF LIMESTONE, QUARRY IN NORTHWESTERN LIMB

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908 , MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULL. NO. 2 , TEXT 503 P., MINE TEXT P. 226 , 239

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IN GROVER TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON SLOAN, STATE S.C., MINERAL LOCALITIE

  • Production

    SLOAN, 1908

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 226 , 239Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Mine Text P. 226 , 239

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE STRATUM EXPOSED BY SMALL STREAM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Quarry In Grover Topo Quad At 1:24,000
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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