Kings Creek Quarry

Unknown in York county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081915
MRDS ID W044354
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Creek Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.47673, 35.04121 (WGS84)
Elevation 142
Relative position 4.0 MILES S 88 W OF SMYRNA ON EAST BANK OF KINGS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(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 York

Comments on the location information

  • 4.0 Miles S80w of Smyrna, Sou Bank of Kings Creek, Kings Creek 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Roan Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.47673, 35.04121

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.421HA
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 48.77M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13p.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No. 222, 13p.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) 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

Beyond USGS

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