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Unnamed Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Newberry county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089778
MRDS ID W031704
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.41763, 34.27573 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 0.5 MILE N. 50 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

  • POSITION TAKEN FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE RD 773 AND U.S. HWY 176
  • 0.5 Miles N5e of Pomaria From the Intersection of State Rd 773 and U.S. Hwy 176, Pomaria 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.41763, 34.27573
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Charlotte Belt Gneiss

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.752HA
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPTH OF THE PIT IS NOT KNOWN EXACTLY, IT IS 60 FEET FROM THE TOP OF THE PIT TO THE WATER. OPEN PIT OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Series - 5, (22 Maps And Text)Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Series - 5, (22 Maps And Text)

  • 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-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon 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

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