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Jones Shale Pit

Unknown in Greenwood county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089783
MRDS ID W031716
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.92704, 34.12313 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 5.1 MILES N21E OF FRIENDSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenwood(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Good Hope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Greenwood

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US 178 AND SC246 AT FRIENDSHIP, SC
  • 5.1 Miles N21e From Junction of Us 178 and Sc246 At Friendship, Sc: Good Hope 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BRICK
  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Richtex
    Rock description Richtex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.92704, 34.12313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Brick Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 208 Ninety Six, S. C. 29666 (803) 543-3211

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.175HA
    Overall depth 1.22M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • STATUS UNKNOWN, MAY BE THE SAME AS HICKMAN MI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • 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-JUL-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

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