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Dorchester Dirt Pit

Past Producer in Dorchester 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10081983
MRDS ID W044462
Record type Site
Current site name Dorchester Dirt Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.3684, 33.13485 (WGS84)
Elevation 27
Relative position 2.65 MILES S 81 W OF PRINGLETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dorchester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pringletown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Edisto River(hydrologic unit)

Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Dorchester

Comments on the location information

  • 2.65 Miles S81w of Pringletown, Pringletown 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.3684, 33.13485
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Herman E. Muckenfuss
    Home office Rt. 6 Box 216, Summerville, Sc 29483

Comments on the workings information

  • RECLAIMED TO LANDFILL, DHEC PERMIT 530, CHAMB

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 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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