Clover Quarry

Past Producer in York 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080741
MRDS ID W032091
Record type Site
Current site name Clover Quarry
Related records 10250635

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.19622, 35.13201 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 1.55 MILES S37 E OF BOWLING GREEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gastonia South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina York

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY QUARRY SYMBOL ON GASTONIA SOUTH TOPOGRAPHYE MAP
  • 1.55 Miles S37e of Bowling Green, Quarry Location Identified By Quarry Symbol On Gastonia South Topographic Map
  • East of Kings Mountain Range; Western Part of Charlotte Belt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Biotite Granite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Mica Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Gangue
Zircon Gangue
Apatite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name York Granite
    Rock description York Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Carboniferous
    Chronological age 322
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Carboniferous
    Chronological age 322
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.19622, 35.13201

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER: GRANITIC INTRUSION

Comments on the geologic information

  • Charlotte Belt, York(Ville) Pluton

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of last production 1976

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co.
    Home office Box 188, Blacksburg, Sc 29702 839-2344

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.197HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGENER, H.D., 1977, GRANITIE STONE RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MRS 5, 65PP

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE-ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V25, NO.1, PP 19-22

  • Deposit

    Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey Mineral Resource Series 5Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey Mineral Resource Series 5

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Prospect Text P. 154Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, Series Iv, Bull. No. 2 , Text 503 P., Prospect Text P. 154

  • Deposit

    Fullagar, P.D, 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole-Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V.25, No.1 Pp 29-32Fullagar, P.D, 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 9/98 By Ahm Scgs
Deposit Same Asw027994

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Prospect In Clover Topo Quad At 1:62,500
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary; Combined With Record W027994 [Which Was Deleted]

Beyond USGS

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