Unidentified Granite Quarry

Unknown in Chester county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089775
MRDS ID W031696
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.40903, 34.70902 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Relative position 5.5 MILES N7W OF LEEDS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leeds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(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)

Federal lands

Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Chester

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF COUNTY ROADS 49 AND 25 IN LEEDS, SC
  • Loc Taken From Junction of County Roads 49 and 25 In Leeds, Sc, Leeds 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Crushed Stone
  • Metagranite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lowrys Granite
    Rock description Lowrys Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Ordovician
    Chronological age 399
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Ordovician
    Chronological age 399
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.40903, 34.70902

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER GRANITIC INTRUSION

Comments on the geologic information

  • Lowrys Granite, Charlotte Belt of Carolina Terrane
  • Rb/Sr 399+Or-4my

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V. 25, NO.1, PP 29-32.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Rages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp. 29-32Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Rages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp. 29-32

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 8/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-AUG-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

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