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#2 Macon Sand Pit

Producer in Fayette county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025541
MRDS ID K001436
Record type Site
Current site name #2 Macon Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.42424, 35.17094 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Relative position APPROX. 4.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACON, TENN. SCHOOL HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Macon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Memphis East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Loosahatchie(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.42424, 35.17094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1970

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Warren Brothers Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 112, Memphis, Tn. 38101
  • Type Owner
    Owner Person, Willie E.
    Home office Rt. #1, Box 117-A, Oakland, Tn. 38060

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - NONE. PAVING SAND.

Comments on development

  • STARTED OPERATION IN 1970.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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