Mine detail: Blair Quarry

Previously called 'Unnamed Occurance'

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Location: Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.41682, -81.39513
dep_id: 10080528
mrds_id: W031792
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Igneous Intrusion
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Granite
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III, Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.)
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Newberry Granite
arock_type: Granite
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1908
References:
  • Deposit:: SLOAN, E, 1908, CATALOGUE OF MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SC, SCGS. BULL 2
  • Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1910 GRANITES OF THE 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. 25, HE.1,P.29-32
  • Deposit:: Sloan, E., 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: S.C. Geol. Survey Bulletin 2, 505 P. (Reprinted 1958, Sc. State Development Board, Div.Of Geol., And 1979, S.C., Geol. Survey P. 195Sloan, E., 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: S.C. Geol. Survey Bulletin 2, 505 P. (Reprinted 1958, Sc. State Development Board, Div.Of Geol., And 1979, S.C., Geol. Survey P. 195
  • Deposit:: Watson. T.L., 1910 Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States, U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 426Watson. T.L., 1910 Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States, U.S. Geological Survey Bull. 426
  • Deposit:: Wagener, H.D., 1967, Potential Sources Of Granite For Monumental Stone In Sw Fairfield County, S.C.: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geological Notes, V.10, No.4, P. 51-56Wagener, H.D., 1967, Potential Sources Of Granite For Monumental Stone In Sw Fairfield County, S.C.: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geological Notes, V.10, No.4, P. 51-56
  • Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs
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