Palmetto Granite Quarry

Unknown in Kershaw county in South Carolina, 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10080520
MRDS ID W031783
Record type Site
Current site name Palmetto Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.6387, 34.45702 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Relative position 6.1 MILES N24W OF DE KALB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kershaw(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Oak Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wateree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Kershaw

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US 601/521 AND COUNTY ROAD 126
  • 6.6 Miles N18w of Dekalb Junction of Us 601/521 and County Road 126

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Dimension Stone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Liberty Hill Pluton
    Rock description Liberty Hill Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 293
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 293
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.6387, 34.45702

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER GRANITIC INTRUSION
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Liberty Hill Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1981

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Palmetto Quarries, Partnership
    Home office Route 3 Box 289 Elberton Ga 1404) 283-3678

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • DHEC PERMIT 014 REVOKED GRANITE PANELWASS CO.

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

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.A. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • 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.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

    Unpublished Data, S.C. Geological SurveyUnpublished Data, 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-JUN-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

Beyond USGS

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