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Ware Shoals Division

Unknown in Greenwood county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080489
MRDS ID W031741
Record type Site
Current site name Ware Shoals Division

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.24655, 34.40792 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Relative position 0.6 MILES DUE NORTH OF WARE SHOALS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenwood(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ware Shoals East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Greenwood

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF US 25 BUS. AND SC 252 IN WARE SHOALS, SC
  • 0.6 Miles N of Ware Shoals From Intersection of Us 25 Bus. and Sc 252 In Ware Shoals, Sc

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.24655, 34.40792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • River Alluvium

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Columbia Silica Sand Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 1519 Columbia, Sc 29202 (803) 252-7537

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.789HA
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND DREDGING FROM RIVER
  • DHEC PERMIT 011, CANCELLED 1995, WILSON BROTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 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-OCT-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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