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Sox Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081973
MRDS ID W044444
Record type Site
Current site name Sox Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.19202, 33.87684 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position 4.0 MILES S 54 DEGREE W OF SOUTH CONGAREE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lexington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Congaree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(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

  • 4.O Miles S54w of South Congaree, Lexington 7.5 Quad

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) -81.19202, 33.87684
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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 Producer
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 4.731HA
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 184, RICHTEX CORP, PO BOX

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-MAY-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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