Mitford Quarry

Past Producer in Fairfield county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080532
MRDS ID W031800
Record type Site
Current site name Mitford Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.01951, 34.55402 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 1.5 MILES S 7 DEG W OF STOVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(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 Fairfield

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM THE CHESTER-FAIRFIELD COUNTY LINE ON HIGHWAY 901
  • 1.5 Miles S07w of Stover, Sc Stover 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Crushed Stone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metamorphosed granite and granodiorite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Charlotte Belt Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1979

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Interstate Materials,
    Home office P.O. Box 57 Jenkensville, S.C. 29065

Comments on the workings information

  • Reclaimed To Lake Dhec Permit 797, Interstate Materials Inc

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) 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

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