Furr Clay Mine

Past Producer in Chesterfield 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089785
MRDS ID W031725
Record type Site
Current site name Furr Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.88418, 34.58652 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 2.2 MILES S12W OF CASH,SC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chesterfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laurinburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Chesterfield

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF US 52 AND COUNTY ROAD 488
  • 2.2 Miles S12w of Cash From Intersection of Us 52 and County Road 488: Cash 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.88418, 34.58652

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Middendorf Fm

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Farr Grading And Paving Co Rt 1 Cheraw, Sc 29520 (803) 537-2881

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.039HA
    Overall depth 0.91M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

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