Lowrys Quarry

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080743
MRDS ID W032093
Record type Site
Current site name Lowrys Quarry
Related records 10177940

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.30922, 34.82841 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Relative position 4.3 MILES N 15 E OF ARMENIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armenia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(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 York

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IDENTIFIED ON ARMENIA 1:24,000 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AT QUARRY SYMBOL SW OF BULLS HILL
  • 4.3 Miles N15e of Armenia, Armenia 7.5 Quad, Quarry Identified On Armenia 1:24,000 Topographic Map At Quarry Symbol Sw of Bulls Hill

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Metagranite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lowrys Granite
    Rock description Lowrys Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Devonian
    Chronological age 399
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Devonian
    Chronological age 399

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.30922, 34.82841

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER: GRANITIC IN TRUSION

Comments on the geologic information

  • Charlotte Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of last production 1981

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Contractors And Materials, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 400, Monroe, Nc 28110 (704)-289-3111

Comments on the workings information

  • BEING RECLAIMED
  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 759, BRECKER MINERALS, PO

Comments on development

  • QUARRY BEING RECLAIMED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE-ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLMA GEOLOGY, VZ5, NO.1, PP 29-32

  • 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 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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

Beyond USGS

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