Unidentified Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Chester county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106211
MRDS ID W031695
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.89311, 34.59842 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 1.3 MILES N36E OF GREAT FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Great Falls(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Chester

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF US21 AND SC99 NEAR GREAT FALLS, SC
  • 1.3 Miles N36e of Great Fallslocation Taken From Intersection of Us21 and Sc99 Near Great Falls, Sc

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY USED TO CONSTRUCT SPILLWAY
  • Crushed Stone
  • Metagranite

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 Great Falls Granite
    Rock description Great Falls Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 543
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 543
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.89311, 34.59842

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREAT FALLS METAGRANITE
  • RB/SR 543+OR-63MY

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.033HA
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRIED FROM HILLSIDE, OPEN PIT
  • Abandoned

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FALLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE-ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V25, NO1, PP 29-32.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • 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 8/98 By Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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