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Koon Clay Mine

Producer in Kershaw 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. 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 10080474
MRDS ID W031712
Record type Site
Current site name Koon Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names No.1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.71401, 34.09323 (WGS84)
Elevation 67
Relative position 1.4 MILES S 64 W OF US 601

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kershaw(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wateree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Kershaw

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKE FROM INTERSECTION OF US 601 AND COUNTY ROAD 405
  • 1.4 Miles S64w From Intersection of Us 601 and County Road 405: Leesburg 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) -80.71401, 34.09323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Check Kite Ofr

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of last production 1981

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carolina Ceramics, Inc.
    Home office Route 3 Box 266 Columbia Sc 29206 (803) 788-1750

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.308HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 137, CAROLINA CERAMICS, 99

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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