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Santee Portland Limestone Quarry

Producer in Orangeburg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Cement Rock
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080542
MRDS ID W031818
Record type Site
Current site name Santee Portland Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Santec Portland Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.4292, 33.27625 (WGS84)
Elevation 23
Relative position 3.2 MILES S 19 DEG W OF HWY 453 AND U.S. 176 IN HOLLY HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orangeburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holly Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(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

  • 3.2 Miles S19w of Holly Hill From Intersection of Highway 453 Andus 176: Holly Hill 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cement Rock Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Cement Manufacture

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.4292, 33.27625
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Santee Portland Cement Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 698 Holly Hill 29059 (803) 496-5027

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 45.998HA
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 1066.8M
    Overall width 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 120, GIANT PORTLAND CEMENT
  • OPEN PIT

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
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

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