Kearney Mill

Producer in Laurens county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Vermiculite
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 10202312
MAS/MILS ID 0450599004
Record type Site
Current site name Kearney Mill
Alternate or previous names Brown Pit, W.R. Grace & Co., Const. Prod. Div.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.94654, 34.63402 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laurens(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enoree(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 Laurens

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.94654, 34.63402

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grace Co., W. R., Construction Products Division
    ID 3800085
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 11/5/81.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MINES, SEQ. NOS. 0450590006, 0450590011,

  • Deposit

    # 0450590007 AND 0450590005.

  • Deposit

    # PRODUCES CRUDE VERMICULITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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)

StatusActive since 03/30/1972
MSHA mine ID3800085
Mine name (MSHA)Enoree Operations
Current operatorSpecialty Vermiculite LLC
Current controller (parent)Dicalite Management Holdings, LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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