Oro Quarry

Past Producer in Chesterfield county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080522
MRDS ID W031785
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.33919, 34.78071 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 3.0 MILES N 78 E OF PAGELAND, SC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chesterfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Chesterfield

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF USG 01 AND SC9
  • 3.0 Miles N78e of Pageland Location Taken From Intersection of Us 01 and Sc9: Hornsboro 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

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 Pageland Pluton
    Rock description Pageland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 296
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 296
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.33919, 34.78071

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER GRANITIC INTRUSION
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Pageland Granite

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.147HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • INACTIVE HAS ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 797, BECKER M

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 BALL. 2, P 225, REPRINTED 1979 BY S.C. 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

    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 8/98 By 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-AUG-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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.