Mine detail: Otterson Limestone Quarry

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.01701, -81.73153
dep_id: 10079095
mrds_id: W027992
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Marble
gangue: Tremolite
orebody_fm: BEDDED
Reporter: *gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1850
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • 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
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