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Unidentified Mine

Past Producer in Lexington 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10089964
MRDS ID W044459
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.17982, 33.85624 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position 7.4 MILES N 31 DEGREES E OF PELION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pelion East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Congaree(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

  • POSITION TAKEN FROM THE INTERSECTION OF US 178 AND US 215 IN PELION
  • 7.4 Miles N31e of Pelion, Pelion East 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

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 Owner
    Owner Richland Shale Product Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 3307 Columbia Sc 29230

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 11.39HA
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 396.24M
    Overall width 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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

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