Cold Point Granite Company Quarry

Past 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089796
MRDS ID W031799
Record type Site
Current site name Cold Point Granite Company Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.05265, 34.41792 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 0.4 MILE S71 DEG W OF COLD POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laurens(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laurens South(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 JUNCTION OF HIGWAY 39 AND US HIGHWAY 221; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GREENVILLE 1:250000
  • 0.4 Miles S71w of Cold Point From of Higway 39 and Us Highway 221

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Crushed Stone

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) -82.05265, 34.41792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Cold Point Metagranite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1910

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Larry Crenshaw

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE PRESENTLY FILLED WITH WATER
  • Water Filled Pit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 8/98 By Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.