Unnamed Clay Pit

Unknown in Cherokee 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089935
MRDS ID W044343
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.44733, 35.09091 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 1.2 MILES N 28 W OF KINGS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • MEASURED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF S.C. HWY 5 AND THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRACK
  • 1.2 Miles N28w of Kings Creek: Measured From the Intersection of S.C. Hwy 5 and the Southern Railroad Track

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Used To Make Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Schist Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Battleground Schist
    Rock description Battleground Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.44733, 35.09091

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • KINGS MOUNTAIN BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Broad River Brick Co., Division Of Boren Clay Products
    Home office P. O. Box 550, Gaffney, Sc 29340 (803-489-8145)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.84HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, A. AND STERRETT, D.B., 1931, DESCRIPTION OF THE GAFFNEY AND KINGS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S., GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO SER., NO.222, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No.222, 13 P.Keith, A. And Sterrett, D.B., 1931, Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles: U.S.G.S., Geol. Atlas Folio Ser., No.222, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Data, S.C. Geological SurveyUnpublished Data, S.C. Geological Survey

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Brick Clay

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.) 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

Beyond USGS

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