Kirkland Mine

Producer in Bamberg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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 10080486
MRDS ID W031736
Record type Site
Current site name Kirkland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.05542, 33.19045 (WGS84)
Elevation 37
Relative position 7.5 MILES N 85 E OF OLAR, SC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bamberg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clear Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Barnwell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salkehatchie(hydrologic unit)

Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Bamberg

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF US 321 AND SC 64
  • 7.5 Miles N85e of Olar From Intersection of Us 321 and Sc 64, Clear Pond 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGRICULTURAL LIME
  • Agricultural Lime

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Cooper
    Rock description Cooper
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.05542, 33.19045

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cecil Kirkland Mining Co, Inc.
    Home office Rt2 Bamberg, Sc 29003 (803) 267-4763

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.446HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 335.28M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN TRENCH
  • ACTIVE, DHEC PERMIT 498, NETTLES SAND CO., IN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-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.