Nickville Blue Quarry

Producer in Oglethorpe county in Georgia, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192140
MAS/MILS ID 0132210025
Record type Site
Current site name Nickville Blue Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -82.95817, 34.97151 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oconee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Seneca(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Oglethorpe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -82.95817, 34.97151

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Nickville Granite Co., Inc.
    ID 900895
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION SHEET 05/14/80.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/07/1981
MSHA mine ID0900895
Mine name (MSHA)Nickville Blue Quarry
Current operatorNickville Granite Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Maxwell Joe C
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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