Mine detail: Leiper-Davis Quarry

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Location: Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.30043, -81.25842
dep_id: 10080524
mrds_id: W031787
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Granite, Stone, Dimension
Trace mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Igneous Intrusion
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III, Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.)
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_unit: Winnsboro Adamellite
arock_type: Monzonite
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF MINERAL LOCALITITE OF SC, SCGS BULLZ.
  • Deposit:: WATSON, TIL, 1910, GRANITES OF SE ATLANTIC STATES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 426
  • Deposit:: FULLAGAR, P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE-ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V. 25N NO. 1, P. 29-32.
  • Deposit:: Sloan, E., 1908, Catalogue Of Mineral Localitite Of Sc, Scgs Bullz.|Watson, Til, 1910, Granites Of Se Atlantic States, U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 426
  • Deposit:: Fullagar, P.O., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No.1, Pp 29-32.Fullagar, P.O., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No.1, Pp 29-32.
  • Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs
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