Master's Kiln

Past Producer in Laurens county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension
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 10089789
MRDS ID W031734
Record type Site
Current site name Master's Kiln

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.18155, 34.43482 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 4.5 MILES N 56 E OF WARE SHOALS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laurens(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ware Shoals East(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

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF US25 BUS AND SC252 IN WARE SHOALS, SC
  • 4.5 Miles N56e of Ware Shoals, Ware Shoals East, 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Marble, Dimension Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BURNED FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME
  • Burned and Used For Agricultural Lime

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Analytical data

Result CALCIUM CARBONATE 63.56%, MAGNESIUM CARBONATE 32.01%, OTHER 4.43%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.18155, 34.43482

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.35HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, KILN ON SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, EARLE, 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 2, PP231-2, REPRINTED 1979 BY S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: S.C.Geol. Survey Bull. 2, Pp231-2, Reprinted 1979 By S.C. Geol. Survey.Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: S.C.Geol. Survey Bull. 2, Pp231-2, Reprinted 1979 By S.C. Geol. Survey.

  • Deposit

    Niewendorp, C.A., 1973, Geologic Map Of The Ware Shoals East 7.5 Quad: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report -76Niewendorp, C.A., 1973, Geologic Map Of The Ware Shoals East 7.5 Quad: South Carolina Geological Survey Open File Report -76

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-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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