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Pennsylvania Glass Sand Pit

Producer in Lexington county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10081972
MRDS ID W044442
Record type Site
Current site name Pennsylvania Glass Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.17292, 33.88124 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 3.1 MILES S 49 DEGREE E OF SOUTH CONGAREE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lexington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Congaree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lexington

Comments on the location information

  • 3.1 Miles S49e of South Congaree, Lexington 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR FILTER, MOLDING, GLASS, CHEMICAL, ABRASIVES, FOUNDRY, POT + PORC TILE
  • Filter, Molding and Glass Sand

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.17292, 33.88124
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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 Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp., P. O. Box 84 Cayce, S. C. 29033 (803)755-1010

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 45.998HA
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 1066.8M
    Overall width 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 150 US SILICA, PO BOX 2084

Reference information

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  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Now Called Columbia Mine
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Gibson, Gregory A South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-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

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