Mine detail: Columbia Quarry

Previously called 'Palmetto QuarryLipscomb QuarryMorris & Co.'

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Location: Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.96933, -81.03652
dep_id: 10089965
mrds_id: W044463
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Igneous
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Granite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III (Gibson, Gregory A.)
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1883
References:
  • Deposit:: SLOAN, E., 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF S.C., SCGS B2
  • Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1910, GRANITES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC STATES, USGS B 426
  • Deposit:: FULLAGAR, P.D, 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK-AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY V25 N1 P. 29-32
  • Deposit:: Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2Sloan, E., 1908 , Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Series Iv, Bulletin No. 2
  • Deposit:: Watson, T.L., 1910, Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 426Watson, T.L., 1910, Granites Of The Southeastern Atlantic States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 426
  • Deposit:: Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Rages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp. 29-32Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole Rock Rages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp. 29-32
  • Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs
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