Aiken County Mine & Mill

Producer in Aiken 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. 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 10250681
MRDS ID W022343
MAS/MILS ID 0450030026
Record type Site
Current site name Aiken County Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names National Kaolin Products Company, National Kaolin Products Mine
Related records 10075699, 10153408

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.62813, 33.64204 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aiken(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aiken NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Edisto(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 Aiken

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.62813, 33.64204

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grace Co., W. R.
    ID 3800054
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 9/29/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 10/28/81

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LIUSTS 10/81

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)

StatusActive since 12/18/1978
MSHA mine ID3800054
Mine name (MSHA)National Kaolin Products
Current operatorW R Grace & Company-Conn
Current controller (parent)Standard Industries Holdings Inc
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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