Columbia Quarry

Producer in Richland county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 10089965
MRDS ID W044463
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Quarry
Alternate or previous names Morris & Co., Lipscomb Quarry, Palmetto Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.03652, 33.96933 (WGS84)
Elevation 46
Relative position IN OLYMPIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southwest Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Congaree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT QUARRY SYMBOL EAST OF CONGAREE RIVER; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SPARTANBURG 1:250000
  • Located At Quarry Symbol East of Congaree River, Columbia Sw 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 285
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Chronological age 285
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.03652, 33.96933

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAROLINA SLATE BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lone Star Industries, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 5185 Columbia Sc 29205 (803) 771-0090

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 17.874HA
    Overall depth 76.2M
    Overall length 518.16M
    Overall width 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • ROCK QUARRY
  • Syn: Morris&Co, Libscomb. Palmetto Quarry

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF S.C., SCGS B2

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1910, GRANITES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC STATES, USGS B 426

  • Deposit

    FULLAGAR, P.D, 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK-AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY V25 N1 P. 29-32

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    Watson, T.L., 1910, Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 426Watson, T.L., 1910, Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 426

  • 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 10/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (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; Subtracted One Degree From Latitude In Order To Conform To Stated County And Location Comments

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 12/18/1978
MSHA mine ID3800013
Mine name (MSHA)COLUMBIA QUARRY
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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