Pelham Quarry

Producer in Spartanburg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10093861
MRDS ID W044394
Record type Site
Current site name Pelham Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.19425, 34.86261 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 1.8 MILES N 79 E OF PELHAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spartanburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pelham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(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 Spartanburg

Comments on the location information

  • 1.8 Miles N79e of Pelham, Pelham 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRUSHED STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.19425, 34.86261

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • INNER PIEDMONT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 421, BECKLEY STONE COMPANY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGENER, H.D., 1977, THE GRANITIC STONE RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVERY MINERAL RESOURCE SERIES

  • Deposit

    Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina, S.C. Geological Survey Mr 5-5Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina, S.C. Geological Survey Mr 5-5

  • 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-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Mittwede, Steven) 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 11/29/2011
MSHA mine ID3800567
Mine name (MSHA)Pelham Quarry
Current operatorHeidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (428 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references