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Benjamin Granite Quarry

Unknown in Greenwood county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080519
MRDS ID W031780
Record type Site
Current site name Benjamin Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.13155, 34.22873 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 3.1 MILES N 32 E OF GREENWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenwood(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(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 Greenwood

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF SC10 AND SC34 IN GREENWOOD, SC
  • 3.1 Miles N32e of Sc10 and Sc34 In Greenwood, Sc, Greenwood 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Granite" (Syenite)"

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Analytical data

Result CO0 1.28%, MZ00.789,A60Z14.56%FE01.0670,FED31.62%, TIO2 0.60%, MN OTRACE, NA 2 03.97%K205.37%,P205 TRACE, SIO2 70.54%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.13155, 34.22873
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Coronaca Syenite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY HAS BEEN RECLAIMED

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, PP 29-32.

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, EARLE, 1908 CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 2 PP 186-8., REPRINTED 1979 BY S.G. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina; S.C. Geol. Survey Bull. 2, Pp 223-4, Reprinted 1979 By S.C. Geological SurveySloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina; S.C. Geol. Survey Bull. 2, Pp 223-4, Reprinted 1979 By S.C. Geological Survey

  • 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-JUL-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) 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

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