Aiken Kaolin District

Producer in Aiken county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400305
Record type District
Current site name Aiken Kaolin District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -81.84917, 33.49 (WGS84)
Relative position The center of the district is located 5 miles due north of Aiken, on the west bank of Shaw Creek and can be reached from Aiken by traveling north for 5 miles on State Highway 19, then turning east and traveling for 1-1/4 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aiken(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hollow Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Barnwell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Aiken

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -81.84917, 33.49

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1852

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • General

    Lang, W. B. and others, Clay Investigations in the Southern States 1934-1935, USGS Bulletin 901.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-MAY-1975 Simmons, Neil A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.