Gray Court Quarry

Producer in Laurens 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. 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 10081945
MRDS ID W044392
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Court Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.10545, 34.62682 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Relative position 1.45 MILES N 20 DEGREES E OF GRAY COURT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laurens(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodruff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Enoree(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

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 92 & 101 AND
  • 1.45 Miles N20e of Grey Court Hwy 92 & 101

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.10545, 34.62682

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Gray Court Meta Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 061, VULCAN MATERIALS INC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGENER, H.D., 1977, THE GRANITIC STONE RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MR 5-5

  • Deposit

    Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina, S.C. Geological Survey Mr 5-5Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina, S.C. Geological Survey Mr 5-5

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/21/1979
MSHA mine ID3800068
Mine name (MSHA)GRAY COURT QUARRY
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (939 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references