Knightsville Mine

Past Producer in Dorchester 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 10281556
MRDS ID W022420
MAS/MILS ID 0450350011
Record type Site
Current site name Knightsville Mine
Alternate or previous names Dorchester Ceramics, Inc., Dorchester Mines
Related records 10075753

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.2784, 33.01825 (WGS84)
Elevation 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dorchester(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ridgeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Carolina Coastal(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 Dorchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Tidal Marsh

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 Dorchester Brick Works, Ltd.
    ID 3800192
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 18, 1972.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/28/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0450359011

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.