Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Fairfield county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080527
MRDS ID W031791
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.21792, 34.34792 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 6 MILES N 59 DEG W OF RION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Fairfield

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF HWY 213 OFF LOGGING ROAD
  • 6 Miles N59w of Rion,North of Hwy 213 Off Logging Road, Rion, 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Granite Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

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 > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Winnsboro Adamellite
    Rock description Winnsboro Adamellite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.21792, 34.34792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Winnsboro Adamellite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shaw Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.011HA
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, H.D., 1967, POTENTIAL SOURCES OF GRANITE FOR MONUMENTAL STONE IN SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C., GEOL. NOTES V.10 NO 4, P51-56

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: S.C. Geol. Survey Bulletin 2, 505 P. (Reprinted 1958, Sc. State Development Board, Div.Of Geol., And 1979, S.C., Geol. Survey P. 195Sloan, E., 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: S.C. Geol. Survey Bulletin 2, 505 P. (Reprinted 1958, Sc. State Development Board, Div.Of Geol., And 1979, S.C., Geol. Survey P. 195

  • Deposit

    Watson, T.L., 1910 Granites Of The Se Atlantic States, U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 426Watson, T.L., 1910 Granites Of The Se Atlantic States, U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 426

  • Deposit

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