Summit Sand Mine

Past Producer in Lexington 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 10089954
MRDS ID W044435
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Sand Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.41563, 33.92043 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 1.3 MILES S 80 DEGREES W OF GILBERT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(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 Lexington

Comments on the location information

  • 1.3 Miles S80w of Gilbert

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.41563, 33.92043

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 Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Foster Dixiana Sand, Inc.
    Home office Box 5447 Columbia, Sc 29250 (803) 794-2872

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 110.396HA
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 6400.8M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 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.