| Deposit ID | 10080736 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032085 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cayce Quarry |
| Alternate or previous names | Ross Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.04792, 33.96933 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 46 |
| Relative position | IN CAYCE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lexington(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Southwest Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Congaree(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | Lexington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Primary |
| Granite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Granite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Columbia Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Columbia Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | Cape Fear/Eutaw Formations |
|---|
| Depth to top | 6.1M |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1893 |
| Year of first production | 1893 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Martin Marietta Aggregates Co. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 1758 Columbia, S.C. 29202 (803) 796-6360 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 21.554HA |
| Overall depth | 109.73M |
| Overall length | 624.84M |
| Overall width | 365.76M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032085 |
FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE-ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V.25, NO.1, P.29-32.
UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole-Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V.25, No.1, P.29-32.Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole-Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V.25, No.1, P.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Unpublished Data, S.C. Geological SurveyUnpublished Data, S.C. Geological Survey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-APR-1981 | Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon | 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; Subtracted One Degree From Latitude In Order To Conform To Stated County And Location Comments |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Active since 12/18/1978 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 3800016 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | CAYCE QUARRY |
| Current operator | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. |
| Current controller (parent) | Martin Marietta Materials Inc |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (679 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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