Laurens County Mines

Producer in Laurens county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Vermiculite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153437
MRDS ID W022473
MAS/MILS ID 0450590011
Record type Site
Current site name Laurens County Mines
Alternate or previous names Burnes-Nelson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -81.82814, 34.53822 (WGS84)
Elevation 142
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laurens(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philson Crossroads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Enoree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Laurens

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -81.82814, 34.53822

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grace Co., W. R., Construction Products Division
    ID 3800259
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10/15/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0450599004

  • Deposit

    # PRODUCES CRUDE VERMICULITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/22/1985
MSHA mine ID3800259
Mine name (MSHA)Laurens County Mines
Current operatorW R Grace & Company
Current controller (parent)Standard Industries Holdings Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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