Edisto Mine

Past Producer in Colleton county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226620
MAS/MILS ID 0450290006
Record type Site
Current site name Edisto Mine
Alternate or previous names Becker Sand and Gravel Co., Div. Of, Gifford-Hill and Co., Inc., Grover Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.4198, 32.94906 (WGS84)
Elevation 6

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colleton(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottageville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walterboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Savannah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Four Hole Swamp(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 Colleton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.4198, 32.94906

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Becker Sand And Gravel Co., Inc.
    ID 3800269

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 28, 1973.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79 STATUS=CLOSED AS OF 01/18/79

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/01/1979
MSHA mine ID3800269
Mine name (MSHA)Edisto Mine And Plant
Current operatorBecker Sand & Gravel Company Inc
Current controller (parent)J Chris Swift
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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