Darby Sand Pit

Past Producer in Kershaw county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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 10089792
MRDS ID W031742
Record type Site
Current site name Darby Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.5126, 34.34872 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position 5.1 MILES S 68 DEG E OF DE KALB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kershaw(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camden North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wateree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Kershaw

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US 601/521 AND COUNTY ROAD 126
  • 5.1 Miles S68e of Dekalb

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FILL AND OTHER UNPROCESSED SAND
  • Fill and Unprocessed Sand

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Middendorf
    Rock description Middendorf
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.5126, 34.34872

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.366HA
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT
  • STATUS UNKNOWN PROBABLY RECLAIMED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SITE DIVIDED BY PROPANE PIPELINE INTO TWO PITS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Updated 10/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Sanders, David P. (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

Beyond USGS

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