Kirkland Pit

Past Producer in Bamberg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Calcium
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 10299493
MAS/MILS ID 0450090003
Record type Site
Current site name Kirkland Pit
Alternate or previous names Kirkland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -81.03312, 33.28345 (WGS84)
Elevation 45
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bamberg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bamberg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Barnwell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salkehatchie(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 Bamberg

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -81.03312, 33.28345

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kirkland Mining Co., Inc.
    ID 3800584
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 7-21-81

  • Deposit

    PRODUCES LIME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-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 07/11/1994
MSHA mine ID3800584
Mine name (MSHA)Kirkland Pit
Current operatorNettles Sand Company
Current controller (parent)Nettles Johnny E & Steve Wilson
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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