Piedmont Kyn Belt

Occurrence in Laurens 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 60001699
MRDS ID W007511
Record type District
Current site name Piedmont Kyn Belt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.99983, 34.00014 (WGS84)
Relative position BELT FROM ABOUT LAT. 34 DEG 52 MIN N, LONG. 82 DEG 0 MIN W NE TO N.C. LINE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ATHENS 1:250000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenwood(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Good Hope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stevens(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Laurens
United States South Carolina Cherokee
United States South Carolina Spartanburg

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.99983, 34.00014

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.