Highway 27 Pit

Unknown in Berkeley county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089790
MRDS ID W031737
Record type Site
Current site name Highway 27 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.29293, 33.19905 (WGS84)
Elevation 29
Relative position 4.4 MILES N 13 DEG E OF THE INTERSECTION OF I-26 AND HWY. 27.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkeley(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barnwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Barnwell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salkehatchie(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 Berkeley

Comments on the location information

  • 4.4 Miles N13e of I-26 and Hwy 27. Pringletown 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Fill

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.29293, 33.19905

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain

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 T. S. Smalls, Summerville S. C. (803) 873-4014

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 11.828HA
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon 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

Beyond USGS

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