Edisto Mine

Producer in Aiken county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Kaolin
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 10153646
MAS/MILS ID 0450030043
Record type Site
Current site name Edisto Mine
Alternate or previous names Aiken County Mines
Related records 10107368

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -81.56513, 33.65434 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aiken(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foxtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Edisto(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 Aiken

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -81.56513, 33.65434

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 J. M Huber Corp.
    ID 3800158
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 9/1/81 TO 9/2/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0450039043

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 01/12/2000
MSHA mine ID3800158
Mine name (MSHA)EDISTO MINE
Current operatorJ M Huber Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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