E.P. Pitts Sand Pit

Unknown in Horry county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Silica
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 10081925
MRDS ID W044365
Record type Site
Current site name E.P. Pitts Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.14976, 34.19432 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
Relative position 2.6 MILES SOUTH OF NICHOLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Horry(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nichols(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Horry

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 76 AND HIGHWAY 9. PLANT AND OLDER WORKINGS ARE ON THE 1980 PR DUFORD QUADRANGLE (1:24000)
  • 2.6 Miles South of Nichols, Nichols 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Glass Sand

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result 99.5% SIO2
Result 0.025-0.035% FE2O3 AFTER SIMPLE WASHING AND SIZING
Result QUARTZ GRAINS ARE CLEAN AND COLORLESS, FREE OF STAINS AND INCLUSIONS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.14976, 34.19432

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody length is many times the given width

Comments on the geologic information

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1946
Year of last production 1975

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. P. Pitts Sand Corp.,
    Home office P. O. Box 94, Nichols, Sc 29581

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • INTERMITTENT PITS IN SAND RIDGES FOR ABOUT THREE MILES ON THE EAST BANK OF THE LUMBER AND LITTLE PEE DEE RIVERS.

Comments on development

  • DIVISION OF LOCHER SILICA CORPORATION, GLASGOW, VIRGINIA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DATA

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, H.S., JR., 1958, HIGH-SILICA SAND DEPOSITS NEAR NICHOLS, SOUTH CAROLINA: DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, MINERAL INDUSTRIES LABORATORY MONTHLY BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO. 2, P. 10-12.

  • Deposit

    BUIE, B.F. AND ROBINSON, G.C., 1958, SILICA FOR GLASS MANUFACTURE IN SOUTH CAROLINA: DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BULL. NO. 23, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND OCCURS AS LOW, ELONGATE RIDGES TRENDING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST PARALLEL TO THE LUMBER AND LITTLE PEE DEE RIVERS. THE SAND HAS BEEN MINED ON THE EAST BANK FROM ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION OF THE LUMBER RIVE WITH THE LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER TO ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 76. IN THE EIGHT MILE LONG BELT FROM LOCHER SILICA CORPORATION SOUTH-SOUTHWEST TO S.C. HIGHWAY 917 AT SANDY BLUFF BRIDGE, THE DEPOSITS CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED TWO MILLION TONS OF CLEAN, WHITE SAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) 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

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