Georgetown Quarry

Producer in Georgetown county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081938
MRDS ID W044381
Record type Site
Current site name Georgetown Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.66838, 33.33435 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Relative position 3.5 MILES N 24 E OF JAMESTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Georgetown(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jamestown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santee(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Georgetown

Comments on the location information

  • 3.5 Miles N24e of Jamestown, Jamestown 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Crushed Stone and Ag Lime

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santee Limestone
    Rock description Santee Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.66838, 33.33435

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 1758 Columbia, S.C. 29202 (803) 796-6360

Comments on the workings information

  • Active Dhec Permit 103, Martin Marietta Corp, 246 Stoneridge Dr, Columbia, Sc 29310

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATIO

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARTIN MARIETTA SELLS THEIR FINES TO JAMES RIVER LIMESTONE CO. WHO MARKET AN AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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.

External references