Salisbury Brick Mine

Unknown in Dorchester 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 10107435
MRDS ID W044469
Record type Site
Current site name Salisbury Brick Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.15449, 33.02435 (WGS84)
Elevation 17
Relative position 0.9 MILES S 80 E OF SUMMERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dorchester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Carolina Coastal(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 Dorchester

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 78 AND 17 A
  • 0.9 Miles S80e of Summerville, Summerville 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Making Brick

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result LAB RESULTS DRY TRANSVERSE STRENGTH 443 LBS PER SQ INCH EXTRUSION STRENGTH 9 INCHES DRYING SHRINKAGE 6.8 % LUNEAR, 18.2 % VOL. DRY BULK DENSITY 1.93 GMS/CC APPARENT POROSITY 23.1 % WATER OF PLASTICITY 25.9 % FIRED TRANSVERSE STRENGTH 872 LBS/SQ IN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.15449, 33.02435

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-Operator
    Owner Salisbury Brick Co.,
    Home office Po Drawer S, Summerville, Sc 29483 803 871-0150

Comments on the workings information

  • DHEC PERMIT 549 REVOKED, SALISBURY BRICK CORP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON, G.C., BUIE, B.F., AND JOHNSON, H.S. JR., 1961, COMMON CLAYS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF S.C., BULLETIN 25. S.C. STATE DEVELOPMENT BD, DIV OF GEO

  • Deposit

    Robinson, G.C., Buie, B.F., And Johnson, H.S. Jr., 1961, Common Clays Of The Coastal Plain Of S.C.: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin 25.Robinson, G.C., Buie, B.F., And Johnson, H.S. Jr., 1961, Common Clays Of The Coastal Plain Of S.C.: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin 25.

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1974. OLD MINED AREA TO BE EXTENDED
Deposit RECHECK STATUS. CONVERSATION W/ PAT WALKER SCLRC SALISBURY BRICK ATTEMPTING TO CANCEL PERMIT 10/29/82 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Portions of Mine In Berkeley County
Deposit Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-1998 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

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