Abney Clay Pit

Past Producer in Saluda county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
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. 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 10089797
MRDS ID W031802
Record type Site
Current site name Abney Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.73374, 34.18263 (WGS84)
Elevation 112
Relative position 2.4 MILES S 48 DEG W OF DEADFALL CROSSROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saluda(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverstreet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Saluda

Comments on the location information

  • 2.4 Miles S48w of Deadfall Crossroads: Silverstreet 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR MAKING BRICKS
  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.73374, 34.18263

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Alluvial Clay

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Brick Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 208 Ninety Six, S. C. 29666 (803) 543-3211

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 52.57HA
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • RECLAIMED TO GRASSLAND DHEC PERMIT 154: SOUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon 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

Beyond USGS

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