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Pontiac Sand Mine

Past Producer in Richland 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. 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 10081871
MRDS ID W044265
Record type Site
Current site name Pontiac Sand Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.89231, 34.12433 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 4.7 MILES N. 43 DEGREES E OF THE INTERSECTION OF I-20 AND U.S. HWY. 1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Jackson North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Comments on the location information

  • PORTION OF MINE LOCATED ON BLYTHEWOOD (1971) 1:24,000 TOPO MAP; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GREENVILLE 1:250000
  • 4.7 Miles N43e of I-20 and Us 1, Fort Jackson North 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY USED FOR FILL-UNPROCESSED
  • Fill Or Unprocessed Sand

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.89231, 34.12433
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clark Properties
    Home office 5219 Trenholm Road, Cola, S. C. (803 782-3171)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 13.142HA
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • RECLAIMED DHEC PERMIT 470, CLARK PROPERTIES,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Maybin, Arthur H. III (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

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