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Columbia North Quarry

Producer in Richland county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
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  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 10081889
MRDS ID W044299
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia North Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.10872, 34.10653 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 8.4 MILES N. 34 DEGREES W OF COLUMBIA (STATE CAPITOL)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Comments on the location information

  • 8.4 Miles N34w of Of Columbia(State Capitol). Columbia North 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Construction Aggregate

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.10872, 34.10653
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 1758 Columbia Sc 29202 (803) 796-6360

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.154HA
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • Syn North Columbia Quarry

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • 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-MAR-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. (Gibson, Gregory South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Reporter 15-MAR-2000 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines
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: Combined With Record W022519 [Which Was Deleted]

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