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Liberty Hill Deposit

Past Producer in Lancaster county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Quartz
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080737
MRDS ID W032086
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Hill Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.86841, 34.50762 (WGS84)
Elevation 119
Relative position 5.4 MILES S12W OF BLAKLEY CROSSROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lancaster SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(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 Lancaster

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT QUARRY SYMBOL IN SW CORNER OF LANCASTER SE 1:24000 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
  • Located At Quarry Symbol In Sw Corner of Lancaster Se 1:24000 Topographic Map

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POTENTIAL FOR HIGH-QUALITY OPTICAL GLASS
  • Potential For High Quality Optical Quartz

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result THE SHARP-SCHURTZ COMPANY (LANCASTER,OHIO): SIO2-99.94%, FE203-0.001%, AL203-0.011%, TI02-0.004%, CAO-TRACE, MGO-NONE, LOSS ON IGNITION-0.03%.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 40
USGS model code 13g
Deposit model name Quartz veins contained in pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metamorphosed granite and granodiorite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Comments on the geologic information

  • Liberty Hill Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer R.H. Cantey, Camden, S.C.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • Inactive; Abandoned

Comments on development

  • PGS CLEARED AREA AROUND THE DIKE AND PROBABLY MINED SMALL QUANTITIES FOR SAMPLES (ABOUT 1960.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BUIE,B.F. AND ROBINSON, G.C., 1958, SILICA FOR GLASS MANUFACTURE IN SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY, BULLETINNO.23, PP, 13-14

  • Deposit

    Buie,B.F. And Robinson, G.C., 1958, Silica For Glass Manufacture In South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin No.23, Pp, 13-14Buie,B.F. And Robinson, G.C., 1958, Silica For Glass Manufacture In South Carolina: S.C. State Development Board, Div. Of Geology, Bulletin No.23, Pp, 13-14

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ IS MILKY TO CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT, MOSTLY WITHOUT CRYSTAL FORM. UNCOMMON MINUTE HEMATITE FLAKES.
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm. Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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

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