Unnamed Clay Pit

Unknown in Marlboro 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106319
MRDS ID W044367
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.84538, 34.70181 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Relative position 1.1 MILES S 09.5 E OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marlboro(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laurinburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Marlboro

Comments on the location information

  • 1.1 Mile S10e of Wallace:Location Taken From Intersection of Highway 177 and 9 In Wallace 7.5 Quad
  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 177 AND 9 IN WALLACE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.84538, 34.70181

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Palmetto Brick Co., P. O. Box 430, Cheraw, Sc 29520 803 537-7861

Comments on development

  • AREA NOT BEING MINED NOW. PROPERTY STILL HAS AN ACTIVE MINING PERMIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 4/99 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1999 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Maybin, Arthur H. III 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

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