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Unnamed Fullers Earth Pit

Unknown in Calhoun 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089950
MRDS ID W044425
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Fullers Earth Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.01672, 33.80684 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 1.8 MILES N 68 E OF ENOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Congaree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Calhoun

Comments on the location information

  • 1.8 Miles N69e of Enos, Gaston 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fullers Earth Ore

Analytical data

Result DRY PROPERTIES BULK DEN GMS/CC 0.83, APPARENT POROSITY % 65.2, APPARENT SP GR. 2.39 COMPOSITION CLAY FRACTION MONTMORILLONITE. 8% ILLITE 4% KAOLINITE 3% OPAL 85% FIRED PROPERTIES PRESSED BARS 2200 F ABSORPTIO% 60.9 BULK DENSITY GM/CC 0.98 APP. SP. GR. 2.46 LINEAR SHRINKAGE % 1.0FIRED MOR P.S.1. 126 2400 F ABSORPTION % 5.6 BULK DENSITY GM/CC 1.04 APP. SP. GR. 2.46 LINEAR SHRINKAGE % 3.6 FIRED MOR P.S.1. 230

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.01672, 33.80684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERON, S.D.JR., ROBINSON, G.C., AND JOHNSON, H.S.JR., 1965 CLAY AND OPALBEARING CLAYSTONES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN, B31, DIV OF GEOL., ST. DEV.BD

  • Deposit

    Heron, S.D.Jr., Robinson, G.C., And Johnson, H.S.Jr., 1965, Clay And Opalbearing Claystones Of The South Carolina Coastal Plain: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin 31Heron, S.D.Jr., Robinson, G.C., And Johnson, H.S.Jr., 1965, Clay And Opalbearing Claystones Of The South Carolina Coastal Plain: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin 31

  • 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-JAN-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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

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