Newberry Quarry

Past Producer in Newberry county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Granite
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. 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 10080465
MRDS ID W031692
Record type Site
Current site name Newberry Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.70174, 34.29683 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 3.45 MILES S 74 DEG W OF JALAPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Newberry(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newberry West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Newberry

Comments on the location information

  • Quarry Located At Quarry Symbol In Central Part of the Newberry West Topo Map

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Dimension Stone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Newberry Granite
    Rock description Newberry Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian
    Chronological age 415
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian
    Chronological age 415
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.70174, 34.29683

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Newberry Granite,Charlotte Belt
  • Rb/Sr 415+Or-9my

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phillips Granite Co.,
    Home office Winnsboro, S.C.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB/SR WHOLE ROCKS AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, CAROLINA GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, NO. 1, P.29-32.

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2

  • Deposit

    Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Rages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp. 29-32Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Rages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp. 29-32

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
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

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