Unnamed Granite Quarry

Unknown in Spartanburg 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081907
MRDS ID W044336
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.87234, 35.09451 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 1.3 MILES N 42 E OF MAYO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spartanburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cowpens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Spartanburg

Comments on the location information

  • 1.3 Miles N42w of Mayo, Cowpens, 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 535
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.87234, 35.09451

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER:

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont,Tolucca Granite(Sandy Mush Member)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KISH, S.A., AND FULLAGAR, P.D., 1977, PLUTONIC HISTORY OF THE INNER PIEDMONT NEAR SHELBY,NORTH CAROLINA; GSA ABS W/ PROGRAMS VOL 9 NO. 2 PL55

  • Deposit

    Kish, S.A., And Fullagar, P.D., 1977, Plutonic History Of The Inner Piedmont Near Shelby,North Carolina [Abst.]: Geological Society Of America, Abstracts With Programs, Vol 9, No. 2, P.55Kish, S.A., And Fullagar, P.D., 1977, Plutonic History Of The Inner Piedmont Near Shelby,North Carolina [Abst.]: Geological Society Of America, Abstracts With Programs, Vol 9, No. 2, P.55

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Mittwede, Steven) 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.