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Fishing Creek Mine

Unknown in Chester 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 10089771
MRDS ID W031686
Record type Site
Current site name Fishing Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.98981, 34.74292 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position 6.1 MILES N62W OF FORT LAWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Lawn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Chester

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US 21 AND SC9 IN FORT LAWN, SC
  • 6.1 Miles N62w of Fort Lawn, Fort Lawn 7.5 Quad Taken From Junction of Us 21 and Sc9 In Fort Lawn, Sc

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNPROCESSED SAND AND GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.98981, 34.74292
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dickerson, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 400, Monroe, Nc 28110 (704) 289-3111

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.263HA
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND DREDGING FROM CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • 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-JUL-1981 Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-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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