Diorite
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Description:
Nine samples (GR279a-i) of diorite that contain hornblende and pyrite with a nickeliferous ore. The samples were collected from the Culbreath Mine, 12 miles south of Newberry, 6 miles northeast of the Saluda Courthouse, in the fork of Big Creek and Little Saluda River, c. 1900.
- Site: Saluda Co.
- Site Number: SC5
- Rock type: Igneous
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Igneous Rock
- Object Id: GR279
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