| Deposit ID | 10080485 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031735 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Berkeley Quarry |
| Alternate or previous names | Berkeley Limestone Pit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.23309, 33.35295 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 27 |
| Relative position | 6.1 MILES N. 37 DEG W OF CROSS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Berkeley(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cross(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Cooper(hydrologic unit)
Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | Berkeley |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limestone | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Santee Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Santee Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.23309, 33.35295 |
|---|
| Depth to top | 3.05M |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Martin Marietta Aggregates Co. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 1758 Columbia, S.C. 29202 (803) 796-6360 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 26.285HA |
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Overall length | 609.6M |
| Overall width | 457.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031735 |
UNPUBLISHED DATA, SLCL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Field Obs Scgs
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updater | 01-OCT-1998 | Maybin, Arthur H. III | South Carolina Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1981 | Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon | South Carolina Geological Survey | Field Obs |
| Editor | 01-DEC-2002 | Nicholson, S.W. | U.S. Geological Survey | Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Active since 05/21/1979 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 3800072 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Berkeley Quarry |
| Current operator | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. |
| Current controller (parent) | Martin Marietta Materials Inc |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (991 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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