East Cooper Mine

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 10298964
MAS/MILS ID 0450290009
Record type Site
Current site name East Cooper Mine
Alternate or previous names Linstead Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -80.5831, 33.18345 (WGS84)
Elevation 27
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dorchester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint George(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(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

Town (1) -80.5831, 33.18345

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 Unknown
    Owner Banks Construction Co.
    ID 3800390
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAY BE LOCATED IN DORCHESTER COUNTY.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-23-79.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 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 08/24/1989
MSHA mine ID3800390
Mine name (MSHA)County Mines
Current operatorBanks Construction Company
Current controller (parent)Ronald S Banks; Gary C Banks; G Reid Banks
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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