Haskell Clay Mine

Past Producer in Richland 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. 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 10081870
MRDS ID W044264
Record type Site
Current site name Haskell Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.97981, 34.11653 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Relative position 3.5 MILES N 32 DEGREES W OF THE INTERSECTION OF I-20 AND U.S. 1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Jackson North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Comments on the location information

  • 3.5 Miles N32w of I-20 and Us Hwy 1, Fort Jackson North 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Richtex Formation
    Rock description Richtex Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.97981, 34.11653

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carolina Ceramics, Inc.
    Home office Rfd 3, Box 266 Columbia, S. C. 29206 803-788-1750

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.394HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • TO BE RECLAIMED DHEC PERMIT 139: EASTON CONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • 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-MAR-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (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

Beyond USGS

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