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Henderson Mine

Past Producer in Laurens county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Vermiculite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081948
MRDS ID W044396
Record type Site
Current site name Henderson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.15045, 34.39232 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Relative position 1.85 MILES N 15 E OF MT OLIVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laurens(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ware Shoals East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Laurens

Comments on the location information

  • 1.85 Miles N15e of Mt Olive, Ware Shoals East 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore
Sphene Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Biotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.15045, 34.39232
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • Inner Piedmont: Enoree Vermiculite District

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1983

Mining district

District name Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grace Co., W. R.

Comments on the workings information

  • RECLAIMED DHEC PERMIT 514, W.R. GRACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Libby, S.C., 1975, The Origin Of Potassic Ultramafic Rocks In The Enoree Vermiculite" District, South Carolina: Unpublished Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pa, 136 Pp.Libby, S.C., 1975, The Origin Of Potassic Ultramafic Rocks In The Enoree Vermiculite" District, South Carolina: Unpublished Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pa, 136 Pp.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
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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