Gifford Hill Marl Pit(Harleyville Quarry)

Producer in Dorchester county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Cement Rock, Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107383
MRDS ID W031820
Record type Site
Current site name Gifford Hill Marl Pit(Harleyville Quarry)
Alternate or previous names Gifford Hill Marl Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.4512, 33.22985 (WGS84)
Elevation 26
Relative position 1.1 MILES N 10 DEG W FROM HARLEYVILLE MEASURED FROM BM 92

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dorchester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harleyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Edisto River(hydrologic unit)

Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Dorchester

Comments on the location information

  • 1.1 Mile N10w of Harleyville, Harleyville 7.5 Quad: From Bm 92

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cement Rock Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Cement Manufacture

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Marl Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.4512, 33.22985

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

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 Gifford-Hill And Co., Inc.
    Home office P.O. Box 326 Harleyville S.C. 29448(803)462-7651

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 14.194HA
    Overall depth 36.58M
    Overall length 548.64M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 120, BLUE CIRCLE CO., PO B

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Mesa Health And Safety Inspection Report April 22-23, 1975.Mesa Health And Safety Inspection Report April 22-23, 1975.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-2000 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon 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; Combined With Record W022416 [Which Was Deleted]

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.