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Blair Quarry

Producer in Fairfield county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
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  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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080528
MRDS ID W031792
Record type Site
Current site name Blair Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Occurance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39513, 34.41682 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position IN BLAIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blair(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)

Federal lands

Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Fairfield

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT QUARRY SYMBOL ON BLAIR, S.C. 1:24,000 TOPO MAP
  • Located At Quarry Symbol On Blair, S.C. 1:24,000 Topo Map

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Crushed Stone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Analytical data

Result WHOLE ROCK: SIO2,70.9, A1203 15.25, FC2031.52 FEO1.53 MG00.63 CA02.40 NA204.32K202.85 1.02 0.42J

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) 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) -81.39513, 34.41682
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Newberry Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lone Star Industries, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 5185 Columbia Sc 29205 (803) 771-0090
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lone Star Industries, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 5185 Columbia Sc 29205 (803) 771-0090

Comments on the workings information

  • Active

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E, 1908, CATALOGUE OF MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SC, SCGS. BULL 2

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1910 GRANITES OF THE SE ATLANTIC STATES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 426

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981 SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE-ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY V. 25, HE.1,P.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 Southeastern Atlantic States, U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 426Watson. T.L., 1910 Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States, U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 426

  • Deposit

    Wagener, H.D., 1967, Potential Sources Of Granite For Monumental Stone In Sw Fairfield County, S.C.: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geological Notes, V.10, No.4, P. 51-56Wagener, H.D., 1967, Potential Sources Of Granite For Monumental Stone In Sw Fairfield County, S.C.: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geological Notes, V.10, No.4, P. 51-56

  • 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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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/04/1976
MSHA mine ID3800010
Mine name (MSHA)BLAIR QUARRY
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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