Mapping and digitization of coastal plain (i-95 and santee area) and piedmont 7.5-minutequadrangles (GC 1), south carolina, digital map compilation of 100K sheets (GC 4),publishing gems level-3 map…

Mapping and digitization of coastal plain (i-95 and santee area) and piedmont 7.5-minutequadrangles (GC 1), south carolina, digital map compilation of 100K sheets (GC 4),publishing gems level-3 map databases (GC 5), statemap fact sheet (GC 12), andupdating state structural features map (GC 11)project date: 1 september 2024 to 31 december 2025PROJECT abstract summaryaward purpose new geologic map information is needed across south carolina to inform decisionmakers and to solve important scientific questions. This project consists of seven (7) subprojects thatwill address these needs. Project 1 will aid highway expansion efforts along the southern portion of i-95. Project 2 will address subsidence and development issues west of georgetown, S.C. Project 3 willaddress seismic hazard related to the eastern piedmont fault system and critical mineral studies in thepiedmont. Projects 4 and 5 will aid land use and development studies in the charleston metropolitanarea. Project 6 will document the history of the mapping program in south carolina. Project 7 willinform modern seismic and structural studies across the state.activities to be performed project 1 will consist of original detailed geologic mapping of six (6)quadrangles in the coastal plain along i-95. Project 2 will consist of original detailed geologic mappingof two (2) quadrangles in the coastal plain west of georgetown, SC. Project 3 will consist of originaldetailed geologic mapping of two (2) quadrangles in the piedmont. Mapping for projects 1-3 will bedone at the 1:24,000-scale. Project 4 will compile regional databases from forty-six (46) detailed maps.project 5 will develop new map databases using a database standard. Project 6 will develop a summaryof mapping projects in SC. Project 7 will interpret new geophysical and lithologic data to develop animproved structural features map.deliverables and expected outcomes deliverables are as follows: project 1 six (6) new geologicmaps in colleton, dorchester, and orangeburg counties, south carolina project 2 two (2) newgeologic maps in georgetown and williamsburg counties, south carolina project 3 two (2) newgeologic maps in aiken, edgefield, and mccormick counties, south carolina project 4 four (4)partially compiled regional geologic map databases consisting of forty-six (46) detailed geologic maps project 5 a citable gems level-3 compiled map database of USGS open-file report 2013-1030 andtwenty-seven (27) detailed quadrangles project 6 a fact sheet that illustrates statemapcontributions to the development of detailed geologic map information in the state and, project 7 anupdated structural features map of south carolina and a map of depth to basement beneath the coastalplain. All deliverables will be added to existing data holdings that contribute to the geologicunderstanding of south carolina.intended beneficiary(IES) federal agencies, state agencies, local governments and governmentalorganizations, academics, geologic consultants, exploration companies, environmental consultants, andthe customers who use geologic maps will be the primary beneficiaries of these products.