Dickert Quarry

Past Producer in Newberry county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089774
MRDS ID W031693
Record type Site
Current site name Dickert Quarry
Alternate or previous names Swede Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.40343, 34.37452 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Relative position 7.2 MILE N10 DEG E OF POMARIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Newberry(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pomaria(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 Newberry

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US 176 AND HIGHWAY 773
  • 7.2 Miles N10e of Pomaria From Junction of Us 176 and Highway 773, Pomaria, 7.5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Granite Primary

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 > Granite
    Rock unit name Newberry Granite
    Rock description Newberry Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian
    Chronological age 415
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian
    Chronological age 415
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.40343, 34.37452

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Newberry Granite,Charlotte Belt
  • Rb/Sr 415+Or-9my

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.35HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • Swede Quarry Synonym

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, EARLE, 1908; CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SCGS B. 2

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SAMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V25 NO. 1., P. 29-32.

  • Deposit

    Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2

  • 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 Waterloo, Sc 7.5 Quad

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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