Shale Pit

Unknown in Kershaw 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080477
MRDS ID W031718
Record type Site
Current site name Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.5956, 34.41402 (WGS84)
Elevation 94
Relative position 2.6 MILES DUE NORTH OF DE KALB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kershaw(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westville(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 TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US 601/521 AND COUNTY ROAD 126
  • 2.6 Miles N of Dekalb From Junction of Us 601/521 and County Road 126 Check New Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.5956, 34.41402

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Richtex Brick Corp.
    Home office P. O. Box 3307, Columbia, Sc 29230 (803) 786-1260

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.366HA
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 137.16M

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.