Old Sumter Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Lancaster county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106212
MRDS ID W031701
Record type Site
Current site name Old Sumter Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.5142, 34.61702 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Relative position 6.0 MILES N41E OF KERSHAW, SC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kershaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynches(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lancaster

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US601 AND US521
  • 6.0 Miles N41e of Kershaw, Sc From Us601 and Us521

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Dimension Stone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pageland Pluton
    Rock description Pageland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 296
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 296
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.5142, 34.61702

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER GRANITIC INTRUSION
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PAGELAND GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR,P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V. 25, NO. 1, PP29-32.

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, EARLE, 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 2, P.225, REPRINTED 1979 BY S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole-Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp 29-32.Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole-Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp 29-32.

  • 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 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) 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

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