Gregory Quarry

Past Producer in Union county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089910
MRDS ID W044277
Record type Site
Current site name Gregory Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.80154, 34.62152 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 5.15 MILES N 05 E OF PHILSON CROSSROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philson Crossroads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Enoree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Union

Comments on the location information

  • 5.15 Miles N05e of Philson Crossroad: Philson Crossroads 7.5 Quadrangle

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BURNED FOR LIME AROUND 1910
  • Burned and Used For Agricultural Lime

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.80154, 34.62152

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • 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

    Niewendorp, C.A., 1992, Geologic Map Of The Philson Crossroads 7.5-Minute Quadrangle: South Carolina Geological Survey Open-File Report-72Niewendorp, C.A., 1992, Geologic Map Of The Philson Crossroads 7.5-Minute Quadrangle: South Carolina Geological Survey Open-File Report-72

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
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.