Branchville No.1 Mine

Producer in Orangeburg 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153495
MAS/MILS ID 0450750006
Record type Site
Current site name Branchville No.1 Mine
Alternate or previous names No. 1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -80.84421, 33.24345 (WGS84)
Elevation 31
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orangeburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Branchville South(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -80.84421, 33.24345

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Palmetto Sand Co., Inc.
    ID 3800387
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/09/1992
MSHA mine ID3800387
Mine name (MSHA)No 1 Mine
Current operatorPalmetto Sand Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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