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American Vermiculite #1 Pit

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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089744
MRDS ID W030741
Record type Site
Current site name American Vermiculite #1 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.94427, 34.55792 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 3.8 MILES N 49 DEG E OF WATTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oconee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fair Play(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tugaloo(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Laurens

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF US 221 AND SC HWY 49; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GREENVILLE 1:250000
  • 3.8 Miles N49e of Wattsville, Ora 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Vermiculite - Hydrobiotite

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

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

Mining district

District name Enoree Vermiculite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Vermiculite Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS WERE VERY OLD AND AREA IS EXTREMELY OVERGROWN - IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE WORKINGS. AREA MINED BY OPEN PIT/RECLAIMED
  • RECLAIMED OR ABANDONED, WR GRACE, RTE 1, ENOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBY, S.C., 1975, THE ORIGIN OF POTASSIC ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS IN THE ENOREE "VERMICULITE" DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA: 116 P., UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERATION, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV., UNIVERSITY PARK, PA

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-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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