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Branchville #1 Mine

Past Producer in Orangeburg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10107433
MRDS ID W044419
Record type Site
Current site name Branchville #1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Deerfield Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.86371, 33.25515 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Relative position 2.85 MILES N 87 DEGREES W OF BRANCHVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orangeburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Branchville North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Four Hole Swamp(hydrologic unit)

Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Orangeburg

Comments on the location information

  • 2.85 Miles N87w of Branchville, Branchville North 7.5 Quad

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.86371, 33.25515
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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 Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Palmetto Sand Co., Inc,
    Home office P.O Box 1668, Summerville, Sc 29483 803 274-8601

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING OPERATION
  • RECLAIMED DHEC PERMIT 401, PALMETTO SANC CO,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    Filed Obs Scgs

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1999 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. 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

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