Usage:
Pacolet Soapstone of Hammett Grove Meta-igneous Suite (SC)
Geologic age:
Paleozoic, middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Boulder exposures in woods 75 m south of Spartanburg County Road 226 (Hammett Grove Road), 5.0 km N. 6.5 deg. W. of intersection of U.S. Highway 176 and SC Highway 150 in Pacolet, SC (Mittwede, 1989).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
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