Mine detail: Werts Shale Pit

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Location: Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.11683, -81.89654
dep_id: 10080476
mrds_id: W031715
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Slate
work_type: Surface
alteration: Weathering Of Bedrock
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III, Sanders, David P. (Gibson, Gregory A.)
hrock_unit: Richtex
hrock_type: Shale
References:
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVE
  • Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs
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