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Unidentified Sand Pit

Past Producer in Lexington 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 10081985
MRDS ID W044467
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.09512, 33.90483 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position 2.2 MILES S 29 DEGREES W OF THE INTERSECTION OF I-26 AND US 21,176,321

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southwest Columbia(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

  • 2.2 Miles S29w of I-26 and Us Hwy 21, 176 and 321, Columbia Sw 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BLAST, ENGINE, FILTRATION, FILLER, ROAD BASE-UNPROCESSED, CONSTRUCTION AGGRAGATE-PROCESSED
  • Used For Blast, Filtration, Filler and Construction

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.09512, 33.90483
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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 Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Columbia Silica Sand Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 1519 Columbia, Sc 29202 (803) 252-7537

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.928HA
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall length 228.6M
    Overall width 228.6M

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-MAY-1981 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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