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Casparis Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Lexington county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
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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. 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 10089957
MRDS ID W044443
Record type Site
Current site name Casparis Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.21172, 33.97623 (WGS84)
Elevation 93
Relative position 1.45 MILES S 76 E OF LEXINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lexington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lexington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 6 AND US HIGHWAY 1
  • 1.45 Miles S76e of Lexington Location Taken From the Intersection of Highway 6 and Us Highway 1, Lexington 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Granite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BIOTITE GRANITE OF LIGHT REDDISH-GRAY COLOR AND MEDIUM GRAIN, WITH A PORPHYRITIC TENDENCY IN PLACES. MINERALS: ORTHOCLASE, MICROCLINE, OLIGOCLASE, QUARTZ, BIOTITE AND A LITTLE PYRITE, WITH SECONDARY CHLORITE, EPIDOTE, MUSCOVITE AND KAOLIN.
  • Construction Aggregae

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.21172, 33.97623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Casparis Stone Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT DIAMETER CIRCULAR OPEN PIT NOW FILLED WITH WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1910, GRANITES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 426, P. 194-95

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Watson, T.L., 1910, Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States: U.S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 426, P. 194-95Watson, T.L., 1910, Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States: U.S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 426, P. 194-95

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Data, S.C. Geological SurveyUnpublished Data, S.C. Geological Survey

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 4/99 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-APR-1999 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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