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Mineral Resources


Mineral Publications Available:

GGMS-3
Mineral Resource Map of South Carolina 1:500,000 Scale (1997) by Arthur H. Maybin, III. $18.00

Bulletin 2
Catalog of the mineral localities of South Carolina by Earle Sloan (1908) reprinted (1979). $12.00

Open-File Report 112
South Carolina Principal Nonfuel Mineral Producing Counties (1998) by Clark Niewendorp. $3.50

Mineral Resources Series
Various publications

South Carolina Mineral Information:

Minerals Yearbook: The Mineral Industry of South Carolina
Link to the most recent publication requires Acrobat reader


The State Gem Stone is the Amethyst

Useful Links and Addresses:

BOB CAMPBELL GEOLOGY MUSEUM at Clemson University

Low Country Gem & Mineral Society (Charleston, SC)
c/o Mark Easterbrook
6701 Dorchester Rd., Apt. 1007
North Charleston, SC 29418-3735


Aiken Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Society

3424 Meadow Drive
Aiken, SC 29801


Columbia Gem & Mineral Society
P.O. BOX 6333
Columbia, SC 29260

Anderson Gem and Mineral Society
508 Allenby Road
Anderson, SC 29841

Pendleton District Gem and Mineral Society
Open to the public. Meets 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 pm
Blue Ridge Art Association Seneca
Contact Betty Janzen 654-2832 for more information.

Rocky Trails
Rt. 4, Box 58
Hopkins, SC 29061

Central Carolina Gem and Lapidary Club
Rt. 6, Box 74
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

Palmetto Diggins and Doings
115 Hillpine Drive
Simpsonville, SC 29681

*note: The addresses listed are for mailing purposes only.


South Carolina Geological Survey
5 Geology Road
Columbia, SC 29212
phone 803.896.7708 -or- fax 803.896.7695

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