Pitts Mine

Plant in Horry 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 10153669
MAS/MILS ID 0450510011
Record type Site
Current site name Pitts Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -79.13306, 34.24182 (WGS84)
Elevation 110
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Horry(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nichols(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lumber(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 Horry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -79.13306, 34.24182

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner E. P. Pitts Sand Corp.
    ID 3800128
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY REPT. 4-18--19-73

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY REPT. 3-13-74

  • Deposit

    ASSOC. MILL SEQ. #0450479002

  • 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 05/31/1985
MSHA mine ID3800128
Mine name (MSHA)E P Pitts Sand
Current operatorLocher & Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Boward G LocherJr
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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