Unidentified Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Greenwood county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080466
MRDS ID W031694
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.09155, 34.25623 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2 MILE S53W OF CORONACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenwood(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(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 Greenwood

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS US221 AND SC246 AT CORONACA, SC
  • O.2 Miles S53w of Coronaca From Intersection of Highways Us221 and Sc246

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Crushed Stone
  • Granite (Syenite)"

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Coronaca Syenite
    Rock description Coronaca Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Permian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 278
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Permian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 278
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.09155, 34.25623

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Coronaca Syenite
  • Rb/Sr 278 + Or -2my

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT PARTIALLY FILLED WITH WATER
  • Abandoned

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V. 25, NO.1,PP 29-32.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Series - 5, (22 Maps And Text)Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Series - 5, (22 Maps And Text)

  • 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 9/98 By Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-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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