Sistore Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Lancaster county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080463
MRDS ID W031688
Record type Site
Current site name Sistore Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.79791, 34.63572 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Relative position 6.0 MILES S15W OF LANCASTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(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 INTERSECTION OF US 521 AND SC9 N IN LANCASTER, SC
  • 6.0 Miles S15w of Lancaster, Lancaster 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Great Falls Granite
    Rock description Great Falls Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 543
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 543
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.79791, 34.63572

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Charlotte Belt: Great Falls Metagranite
  • Rb/Sr 543+Or-63my

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Jessie Sistare
    Home office Rt 7 Lancaster, Sc

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.76HA
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, OLDER PIT ACROSS ROAD
  • Inactive; Abandoned

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE-ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V 25, NO1, PP 29-32.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-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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