Jamison Clay Mine

Producer in Orangeburg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080536
MRDS ID W031806
Record type Site
Current site name Jamison Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.78591, 33.59234 (WGS84)
Elevation 85
Relative position 5.9 MILES - S10 W OF ST MATHEWS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orangeburg North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sumter(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Edisto River(hydrologic unit)

Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Orangeburg

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION FROM JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 6 AND HIGHWAY 21; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1944 EDITION
  • 5.9 Miles S10w of St Mathews Position From Junction of Highway 6 and Highway 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Used In Making Cement

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.78591, 33.59234

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gifford Hill And Co., Inc
    Home office P O Box 326, Harleyville, Sc. 29059 (803-462-7651

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 17.523HA
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 206, BLUE CIRCLE, INC, HAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.