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Foster Mine

Past Producer in Spartanburg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Vermiculite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079959
MRDS ID W030739
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.95814, 34.73872 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 6.0 MILES N 3 DEG E OF ENOREE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spartanburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enoree(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyger(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Spartanburg

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 221 AND SC HIGHWAY 92
  • 6.0 Miles N03e of Enoree, Enoree 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Vermiculite - Hydrobiotite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore
Sphene Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Biotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gneiss of Laurens area
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont: Enoree Vermiculite District

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Enoree Vermiculite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grace Co., W. R.
    Home office Rt 1, Enoree Sc 29335 (803-969-3533)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.628HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • RECLAIMED WR GRACE, RTE 1, ENOREE, SC 29335

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBY, S.C., 1975, THE ORIGIN OF POTASSIC ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS IN THE ENOREE "VERMICULITE" DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA: 116 P., UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERATION, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV., UNIVERSITY PARK, PA

  • Deposit

    Libby, S.C., 1975, The Origin Of Potassic Ultramafic Rocks In The Enoree Vermiculite District, South Carolina: Unpublished Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pa, 136 Pp.Libby, S.C., 1975, The Origin Of Potassic Ultramafic Rocks In The Enoree Vermiculite District, South Carolina: Unpublished Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pa, 136 Pp.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-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

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