| Deposit ID | 10080520 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031783 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Palmetto Granite Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.6387, 34.45702 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 131 |
| Relative position | 6.1 MILES N24W OF DE KALB |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kershaw(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Oak Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Wateree(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | Kershaw |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Dimension | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Granite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Liberty Hill Pluton | ||||||
| Rock description | Liberty Hill Pluton | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -80.6387, 34.45702 |
|---|
| General form | OTHER GRANITIC INTRUSION |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
|---|---|
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1981 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Palmetto Quarries, Partnership |
| Home office | Route 3 Box 289 Elberton Ga 1404) 283-3678 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.022HA |
| Overall depth | 3.05M |
| Overall length | 30.48M |
| Overall width | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031783 |
FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V. 25, NO. 1, PP 29-32.
UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.A. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp 29-32.Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp 29-32.
Unpublished Data, S.C. Geological SurveyUnpublished Data, S.C. Geological Survey
Field Obs Scgs
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Updated 10/98 Ahm, Scgs |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) | 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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