Mine detail: Otterson Limestone Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.01701, -81.73153

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone
Ore: Marble
Gangue: Tremolite
Orebody form: BEDDED
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW027992
DEP10079095
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: LIEBER, 1857}{Deposit:: LIEBER, OSCAR M., 1857 , REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SECOND ANN. REPT. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: COLUMBIA, S.C., R.W. GIBBES, STATE PRINTER, TEXT 145 P., QUARRY TEXT P. 86 , QUARRY LOCATED ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:310,000}{Deposit:: QUARRY IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1857 RECON LIEBER, STATE S.C., MINE}{Deposit:: Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P., Quarry Text P. 86 , Quarry Located On Geol. Map At 1:310Lieber, Oscar M., 1857 , Report On The Survey Of South Carolina, Second Ann. Rept. To The General Assembly Of South Carolina: Columbia, S.C., R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, Text 145 P., Quarry Text P. 86 , Quarry Located On Geol. Map At 1:310}
Reporter*gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.