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Soapstone Bowl Quarries - OC1SC Oconee County, SC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Soapstone Bowl Quarries - OC1SC Oconee County, SC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| This location consists of two distinct multiple-quarry sites, roughly 500 feet apart on adjacent ridges. Having seen references to this site, Alan C and I put on our research hats, which led to our discovery of the location. We have been unable to find much documentation of this site in the public record. Area A: |
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| Boulder group 1, showing bowl preforms and removal scars. |
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| Bowl preform - boulder group 1 |
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| Bowl removal scar - boulder group 1 |
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| Alan taking photo notes |
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| Boulder group 2 |
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| Bowl preform - boulder group 2 |
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| Bowl preform - boulder group 2 |
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| Bowl preform - boulder group 2 |
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| Area B: |
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| Boulder group 3 |
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| Boulder group 3, from left side of previous photo |
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| Bowl scar and preform - boulder 3 |
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| Bowl removal scar - boulder 3 |
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| Another angle of boulder group 3 |
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| Bowl scar - boulder 3 |
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| Boulder Group 4 |
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| Bowl preform at boulder group 4 |
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| Several bowl preforms at boulder group 4 |
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| Another angle on the group 4 boulders shown above... |
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| Bowl preform with earlier bowl removal scar - boulder group 4 |
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| Boulder group 4 (foreground) with group 5 in background. |
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| Boulder group 5 |
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| Preform on boulder 5 |
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| Bowl scar on top of boulder 5 |
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| Section of boulder 5 showing numerous bowl preforms and removal scars. |
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| Bowl preform - boulder 5 |
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| Another bowl removal scar on boulder 5 |
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| Boulder group 5 |
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| Very nice bowl preform |
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| Classic bowl scar on boulder 5 |
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| Boulder 6 - bowl preforms |
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| Bowl preform - boulder 7 |
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| From another angle... |
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| Alan shooting at boulder group 5 There is also an historic period Soapstone Mine at this site, with a grated tunnel entrance. I thought I had taken a few photos, but I apparently didn't. |
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| Fuscopannaria leucosticta - a nice find, especially growing on rock |
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| "This lichen is uncommon to rare, and an indicator for the suite of high-quality, pollution-intolerant lichens that culminate in the two Lobaria species." |