St. Stephens Brick Co Pit

Past Producer in Berkeley 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081931
MRDS ID W044372
Record type Site
Current site name St. Stephens Brick Co Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.91508, 33.41954 (WGS84)
Elevation 20
Relative position 1.1 MILES N 23 E OF ST STEPHENS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkeley(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Stephen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santee(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Francis Marion National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Berkeley

Comments on the location information

  • 1.1 Miles N23e of St Stephens, Check Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED TO MAKE BRICK
  • Used To Make Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.91508, 33.41954

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1961

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Stephen Brick Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • GROWN OVER BY LARGE PINE TREES
  • Pit Overgrown By Trees During Visit In 1982-82

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON, G.C. BUIE, B.F. AND JOHNSON, H.S. JR., 1961, COMMON CLOY OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DIV OF GEOLOGY B 25

  • Deposit

    Robinson, G.C., Buie, B.F., And Johnson, H.S. Jr., 1961, Common Clays Of The Coastal Plain Of S.C.: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin 25.Robinson, G.C., Buie, B.F., And Johnson, H.S. Jr., 1961, Common Clays Of The Coastal Plain Of S.C.: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin 25.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAB RESULTS DRY TRANSVERSE STRENGTH 590 LBS PER SQ INCH DRYING SHRINKAGE 7.7% LINEAR WATER OF PLASTICITY 28% FIRED TRANSVERSE STRENGTH 3084 LBS PER SQ. INCH TEMP (DEGREES F) 2000 2100 2200 TOTAL LINEAR SHRINKAGE % 12.0 12.1 13.4 ABSORPTION % 11.3 11.0 6.7 HARDNESS SOFT SOFT HARD COLOR SALMON SALMON DEEP RED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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

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