Mine detail: Old Sumter Granite Quarry

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Location: Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.61702, -80.5142
dep_id: 10106212
mrds_id: W031701
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Granite, Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Igneous
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
orebody_fm: OTHER GRANITIC INTRUSION
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III, Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.)
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Pageland Pluton
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: FULLAGAR,P.D., 1981, SUMMARY OF RB-SR WHOLE ROCK AGES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY, V. 25, NO. 1, PP29-32.
  • Deposit:: SLOAN, EARLE, 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 2, P.225, REPRINTED 1979 BY S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
  • Deposit:: Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole-Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp 29-32.Fullagar, P.D., 1981, Summary Of Rb-Sr Whole-Rock Ages For South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, V. 25, No. 1, Pp 29-32.
  • Deposit:: Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Series - 5, (22 Maps And Text)Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Series - 5, (22 Maps And Text)
  • Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs
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