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Edgefield Shale Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081958
MRDS ID W044412
Record type Site
Current site name Edgefield Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.02545, 33.89044 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position 3.7 MILES S 12 DEGREES E OF BOLES MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Edgefield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limestone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clark Hill Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stevens(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Edgefield

Comments on the location information

  • 3.7 Miles S12e of Boles Mountain: Limestone 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Persimmon Fork Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Carolina Slate Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Merry Land Investment Co. P. O. Box 1957 August, Ga. 30903 (404) 722-6831

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 040, BORAL BRICK, MERRY DI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATIO

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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