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Unidentified Clay Mine

Past Producer in Chester county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080458
MRDS ID W031677
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.88261, 34.70682 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Relative position 0.8 MILES N65E OF FORT LAWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Lawn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Chester

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US21 AND SC9 IN FORT LAWN, SC
  • Location Taken From Junction of Us21 and Sc9 In Fort Lawn, Sc

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.88261, 34.70682
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.438HA
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • Inactive; Abandoned

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

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