Columbia Works

Producer in Lexington county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Silica
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 10299213
MRDS ID W022482
MAS/MILS ID 0450639009
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Works
Related records 10075788

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -81.17452, 33.88544 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lexington(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lexington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aiken(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 Lexington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -81.17452, 33.88544

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp., Inc.
    ID 3800138
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 18, 1972.

  • Deposit

    SAND IS USED BY THE GLASS INDUSTRY.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OPERATED BY PENNSYLVANIA GLASS SAND CORPORATION.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MINE, SEQ. NO. 0450630010.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUN-95 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)

StatusActive since 12/18/1978
MSHA mine ID3800138
Mine name (MSHA)COLUMBIA PLANT
Current operatorU S Silica Company
Current controller (parent)USS Holdings 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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