Bluff Road Sand Pit

Producer in Richland 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 10226364
MAS/MILS ID 0450790017
Record type Site
Current site name Bluff Road Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -80.95981, 33.91873 (WGS84)
Elevation 36
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Jackson South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sumter(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Congaree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -80.95981, 33.91873

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 Lone Star Industries, Inc.
    ID 3800531
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0450799006.

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 09/14/1981
MSHA mine ID3800531
Mine name (MSHA)Bluff Road Sand Plant
Current operatorLone Star Industries Inc
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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