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Bauknight Shale Pit

Producer in Saluda 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089798
MRDS ID W031804
Record type Site
Current site name Bauknight Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.88044, 34.08453 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 3.4 MILES N 9 DEB E OF GOOD HOPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saluda(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 Saluda

Comments on the location information

  • 3.4 Miles N09e of Good Hope, Good Hope 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR MAKING BRICKS
  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.88044, 34.08453
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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

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
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

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT HAS BEEN RECLAIMED.
  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 155, RICHTEX BRICK, PO BOX

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-JUN-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon 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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