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Cook 1a and 1b

Past Producer in Laurens county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Vermiculite
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  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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079929
MRDS ID W030702
Record type Site
Current site name Cook 1a and 1b

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.13265, 34.39232 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Relative position 6.4 MILES S 69 E OF INTERSECTION OF US HWY BYP 25 AND SC HWY 252

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laurens(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ware Shoals East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(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

Comments on the location information

  • 6.4 Miles S69e of Us Hwy Byp 25 and Sc Hwy 252, Ware Shoals East 7,5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Vermiculite - Hydrobiotite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore
Sphene Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Biotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.13265, 34.39232
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont: Enoree Vermiculite District

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Enoree Vermiculite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grace Co., W. R.
    Home office Rt 1, Enoree Sc 29335 (803-969-3533)

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • ABANDONED OR RECLAIMED

Comments on development

  • TO BE OPENED IN 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBY, S.C., 1975, THE ORIGIN OF POTASSIC ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS IN THE ENOREE "VERMICULITE" DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA: 116 P., UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERTATION, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV., UNIVERSITY PARK, PA

  • Deposit

    Libby, S.C., 1975, The Origin Of Potassic Ultramafic Rocks In The Enoree Vermiculite District, South Carolina: Unpublished Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pa, 136 Pp.Libby, S.C., 1975, The Origin Of Potassic Ultramafic Rocks In The Enoree Vermiculite District, South Carolina: Unpublished Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pa, 136 Pp.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Zupan, Alan-Jon W. South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-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; Changed County To Conform With Location

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