Hobbs Quarry

Past Producer in Fairfield county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10089773
MRDS ID W031691
Record type Site
Current site name Hobbs Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.10262, 34.31203 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position S47W OF INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS US 321 AND SC 269

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winnsboro Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Fairfield

Comments on the location information

  • S47w of Imtersection of Us 321 and Sc 269. Winnsboro Mills 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Granite Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Dimension Stone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Winnsboro Adamellite
    Rock description Winnsboro Adamellite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.10262, 34.31203

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Winnsboro Adamellite
  • Rb/Sr 295 + Or - 4my

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 LARGE PITS HAVE BEEN OPENED FOR QUARRYING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGENER, H.D., 1967 POTENTIAL SOURCCES OF GRANITE FOR MONUMENTAL STONE IN SW FAIRFIELD CO, S.C., GEOL. NOTES V10 NO 4 PP 51-56

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OT RB-SR WHOLE-ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, NO. 1, P. 29-32.

  • Deposit

    Wagener, H.D., 1967, Potential Sources Of Granite For Monumental Stone In Sw Fairfield Co, S.C.:South Carolina Geological Notes V10 No 4 Pp 51-56Wagener, H.D., 1967, Potential Sources Of Granite For Monumental Stone In Sw Fairfield Co, S.C.:South Carolina Geological Notes V10 No 4 Pp 51-56

  • Deposit

    Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Rages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp. 29-32Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Rages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp. 29-32

  • 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-FEB-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) 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

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