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Dorchester Brick Clay Pit

Past Producer in Berkeley 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10089788
MRDS ID W031732
Record type Site
Current site name Dorchester Brick Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.21009, 33.07875 (WGS84)
Elevation 21
Relative position 4.6 MILES N. 25 DEG W OF THE SUMMERVILLE CITY HALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkeley(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Carolina Coastal(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 Berkeley

Comments on the location information

  • 4.6 Miles N25w of Summerville City Hall, Summerville 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Used To Make Brick
  • Clay, Common Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) Waccamaw Formation
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Economic information

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 Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dorchester Brick Works, Ltd.
    Home office Summerville S. C.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.577HA
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

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 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon 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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