| Deposit ID | 10089776 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031698 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Excelsior Granite Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.75171, 34.54012 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 174 |
| Relative position | 5.1 MILES N34E OF LIBERTY HILL |
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)
Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | Lancaster |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Dimension | Primary |
| Granite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Granite | Ore |
| Result | 1.84 90 CAO |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.62% MGO |
| Result | 15.76% AL2O3 |
| Result | 1.07% FEO |
| Result | 0.45% TIO2 |
| Result | 3.39% NA2O |
| Result | 4.27% K20 |
| Result | 70.11% SOI2 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Liberty Hill Pluton | ||||||||
| Rock description | Liberty Hill Pluton | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -80.75171, 34.54012 |
|---|
| General form | OTHER GRANITIC INTRUSION |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Catawba Timber Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.35HA |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Overall length | 60.96M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031698 |
SLOAN, E, 1908, A CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY B.2
FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V. 25, NO.1,PP 29-32.
Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2
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
Field Obs Scgs
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Updated 10/98 Ahm, Scgs |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) | 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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