Gifford-Hill Clay Pit

Past Producer in Orangeburg 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. 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 10177796
MRDS ID W022511
MAS/MILS ID 0450750004
Record type Site
Current site name Gifford-Hill Clay Pit
Related records 10100097

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.79761, 33.57954 (WGS84)
Elevation 79

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orangeburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orangeburg North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sumter(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Edisto River(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
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.79761, 33.57954

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gifford-Hill Portland Cement Co.
    ID 3800309
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 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.