Congaree Quarry

Past Producer in Lancaster county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Granite
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. 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 10089777
MRDS ID W031702
Record type Site
Current site name Congaree Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.7101, 34.52702 (WGS84)
Elevation 117
Relative position 5.0 MILES S 23 W OF HEATH SPRINGS, S.C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heath Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wateree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lancaster

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US 521 AND SC 522 IN HEATH SPRINGS
  • 5.0 Miles S23w of Us 521 and Sc 522 In Heath Springs

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Granite Primary

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 Liberty Hill Pluton
    Rock description Liberty Hill Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 293
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 293
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.7101, 34.52702

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER GRANITIC INTRUSION
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Liberty Hill Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Matthews International Corp.
    Home office Box 4999 Pittsburg, Pa 15206 (412) 363-2500

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.158HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS, TWO PITS AT QUARRY SITE HAVE BEEN WORKED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.O., 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 Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp 29-32.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

    Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Series - 5, (22 Maps And Text)Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Series - 5, (22 Maps And Text)

  • 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-JUN-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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