Blaney Sand Plant

Producer in Kershaw county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Silica, 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089793
MRDS ID W031744
Record type Site
Current site name Blaney Sand Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.72011, 34.18453 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 3.6 MILES S 39 W OF LUGOFF, SC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kershaw(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lugoff(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 JUNCTION OF STATE ROAD 34 AND US 1/601
  • 3.6 Miles of Lugoff, Lugoff 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS MOLDING SAND-AND GLASS SAND
  • Molding and Silica Sand

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Pinehurst
    Rock description Pinehurst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.72011, 34.18453

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of last production 1981

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Whitehead Brothers Co.
    Home office 60 Hanover Road Florham Park Nj (201) 377-9100

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 39.427HA
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 089, UNIMIN CORP., 258 ELM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND IS SLURRED TO ON-SITE CHEROKE PROCESSING PLANT OWNED BY MARTIN MARIETTA TO BE PROCESSED INTO ROCK FLOUR. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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