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Unidentified Shale Mine

Past Producer in Chesterfield county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  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 10106214
MRDS ID W031721
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Shale Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.99808, 34.76321 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 7.9 MILES N 54 W OF CHERAW, SC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chesterfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morven East(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 MARKET AND THIRD STREETS IN CHERAW
  • 7.9 Miles N54w From Intersection of Market and Third Streets In Cheraw: Cheraw 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Making Brick
  • Metasiltone

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Richtex
    Rock description Richtex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.99808, 34.76321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAROLINA SLATE BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.19HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 152.4M

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

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