Clamp Kaolin Pit

Past Producer in Lexington 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081968
MRDS ID W044434
Record type Site
Current site name Clamp Kaolin Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.40483, 33.90124 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position 1.7 MILES S 22 DEGREES W OF GILBERT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Edisto(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 Lexington

Comments on the location information

  • 1.7 Miles S22w of Gilbert

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) -81.40483, 33.90124

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 Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Guignard Brick Works, Inc.
    Home office P.O. Box 568 Lexington, Sc 29072 (803) 356-1730

Comments on the workings information

  • RECLAIMED DHEC PERMIT 286, GUIGNARD BRICK WOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 4/99 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1999 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUN-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.