Gadson Kaolin Pit

Past Producer in Kershaw 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089780
MRDS ID W031709
Record type Site
Current site name Gadson Kaolin Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.73171, 34.10073 (WGS84)
Elevation 67
Relative position 2.3 MILES S 87 W OF US 601

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kershaw(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wateree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Kershaw

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF US 601 AND COUNTY ROAD 405
  • 2.3 Miles S87w From Intersection of Us 601 and County Road 405: Leesburg 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.73171, 34.10073

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Check Kite Ofr

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Richtex Brick Corp.
    Home office P. O. Box 3307, Columbia, Sc 29230 (803) 786-1260

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.591HA
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • INACTIVE RICHTEX CORP, POBOX 3307, CO;UMBIA,S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Sanders, David P. (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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.