Piedmont Kyn Belt

Occurrence in Greenville county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Kyanite
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001698
MRDS ID W007510
Record type District
Current site name Piedmont Kyn Belt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.49986, 34.50012 (WGS84)
Relative position BELT NE FROM ABOUT LAT. 34 DEG 30 MIN N, LONG. 82 DEG 30 MIN W TO LAT. 35 DEG 0 MIN N, LONG. 82 DEG 10 MIN W. ABOUT 2/3 OF REGION COVERED BY GOOD TOPO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anderson(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Greenville
United States South Carolina Anderson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.49986, 34.50012

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, L. L., 1945, SILLIMANITE IN SOUTH CAROLINA: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 40, P. 298 - 304.

  • Deposit

    HUDSON, W. C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS: U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. INV. 3927.

  • Deposit

    OVERSTREET, W. C. AND GRIFFITTS, W. R., 1955, APPALACHIAN, INNER PIEDMONT BELT, IN GUIDES TO SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, R. J. RUSSELL, ED.,: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA.

Beyond USGS

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