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Blacksburg Quarry

Past Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089933
MRDS ID W044337
Record type Site
Current site name Blacksburg Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.46483, 35.15261 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 MILES S 26 W OF GROVER, N.C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • 1.6 Miles S26w of Grover, Nc, Grover,Sc-Nc 7.5 Quad
  • West Side of Kings Mountain Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AG LIME AND CRUSHED STONE
  • Crushed Stone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Graphite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Gaffney Marble
    Rock description Gaffney Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.46483, 35.15261
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • Reclaimed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Horton, J.W., Jr., Butler, J.R., And Milton, D.J., (Eds. ), 1981, Geological Investigations Of The Kings Mountain Belt And Adjacent Areas In The Carolinas: Carolina Geological Society Field Guide, South Carolina Geological Survey Field TrHorton, J.W., Jr., Butler, J.R., And Milton, D.J., (Eds. ), 1981, Geological Investigations Of The Kings Mountain Belt And Adjacent Areas In The Carolinas: Carolina Geological Society Field Guide, South Carolina Geological Survey Field Tr

  • 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-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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. Combined With Record W031903 [Which Was Deleted]

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