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Red Clay Pit

Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081902
MRDS ID W044328
Record type Site
Current site name Red Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.58563, 35.09541 (WGS84)
Elevation 210
Relative position 4.3 MILES S 67 W OF BLACKSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • 4.3 Miles S67w of Blacksburg:Blacksburg South 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Used To Make Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.58563, 35.09541
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kings Mountain Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Broad River Brick Co., Division Of Boren Clay Products
    Home office P. O. Box 550, Gaffney, Sc 29340 (803-489-8145)

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 113, BOREN BRICK, PO BOX 3

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Brick Clay
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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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