Mine detail: E.P. Pitts Sand Pit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.19432, -79.14976

Resource(M)

Primary: Silica
Ore: Sand
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Large
Development status: Unknown
First production started: 1946
Last production ended: 1975

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

MRDSW044365
DEP10081925
Reference{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DATA}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, H.S., JR., 1958, HIGH-SILICA SAND DEPOSITS NEAR NICHOLS, SOUTH CAROLINA: DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, MINERAL INDUSTRIES LABORATORY MONTHLY BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO. 2, P. 10-12.}{Deposit:: BUIE, B.F. AND ROBINSON, G.C., 1958, SILICA FOR GLASS MANUFACTURE IN SOUTH CAROLINA: DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BULL. NO. 23, P. 26-27.}{Deposit:: Field Obs Scgs}
ReporterNicholson, S.W., Maybin, Arthur H. III (Zupan, Alan-Jon W.)