Old Shale Pit

Unknown in Lancaster 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089916
MRDS ID W044293
Record type Site
Current site name Old Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.81091, 34.94451 (WGS84)
Elevation 174
Relative position 2.5 MILES N 01 W OF HANCOCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catawba NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lancaster

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 Miles N01w of Hancock: Catawba Ne 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED TO MAKE BRICK
  • For Making Brick
  • Metasilstone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.81091, 34.94451

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ashe Brick Co.
    Home office Van Wyck, Sc 29744 803 283-2036

Comments on the workings information

  • DHEC PERMIT 149 ASHE DIV, BORAL BRICK, INC.,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 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.