Ninety Six Mine

Producer in Greenwood 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 10250841
MRDS ID W022440
MAS/MILS ID 0450470003
Record type Site
Current site name Ninety Six Mine
Alternate or previous names Ninety Six Mine West and East, Ninety-Six Mine, Greenwood County Mines
Related records 10075764

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.92984, 34.11123 (WGS84)
Elevation 143

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenwood(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Good Hope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Greenwood

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.92984, 34.11123

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 Southern Brick Co.
    ID 3800065
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 11/3/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0450479001

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/18/2012
MSHA mine ID3800065
Mine name (MSHA)Hanson Brick Greenwood County Mines
Current operatorHanson Brick East LLC
Current controller (parent)Lone Star Funds
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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