Maddens-Kernals

Past Producer in Laurens county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Vermiculite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081943
MRDS ID W044390
Record type Site
Current site name Maddens-Kernals

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.19345, 34.35573 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position 6.0 MILES N 40 E OF COKEBURY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenwood(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cokesbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Laurens

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1971 EDITION
  • 6.0 Miles N40e of Cokesbury, Cokesbury, 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore
Sphene Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Biotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.19345, 34.35573

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont: Enoree Vermiculite District

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grace Co., W. R.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATIO

  • Deposit

    Libby, S.C., 1975, The Origin Of Potassic Ultramafic Rocks In The Enoree Vermiculite" District, South Carolina: Unpublished Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pa, 136 Pp.Libby, S.C., 1975, The Origin Of Potassic Ultramafic Rocks In The Enoree Vermiculite" District, South Carolina: Unpublished Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pa, 136 Pp.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 8/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-AUG-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.