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Columbia Pit East

Unknown in Lexington county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075789
MRDS ID W022483
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Pit East
Related records 10226500

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.16652, 33.88074 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lexington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Congaree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Lexington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAND IS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF GLASS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.16652, 33.88074
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 18, 1972

  • Deposit

    Mesa Health And Safety Inspection Report May 18, 1972.Mesa Health And Safety Inspection Report May 18, 1972.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-2000 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines
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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 12/18/1978
MSHA mine ID3800138
Mine name (MSHA)COLUMBIA PLANT
Current operatorU S Silica Company
Current controller (parent)USS Holdings Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (734 m, 0.81 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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