Unnamed Shale Pit

Past Producer in Richland 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10089912
MRDS ID W044283
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.13122, 34.16953 (WGS84)
Elevation 113
Relative position 3 MILE S 71 DEGREES E OF RICHTEX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richtex(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Comments on the location information

  • 3.0 Miles S71e of Richtex: Richtex 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.13122, 34.16953

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
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/Underground
    Area 1.314HA
    Overall depth 0M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-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.