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Pierce Pit

Past Producer in Shelby 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025613
MRDS ID K001512
Record type Site
Current site name Pierce Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.77452, 35.11928 (WGS84)
Elevation 88
Relative position APPROX. 0.2 MILE NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION OF BAZEMORE AND SANGA ROADS IN NORTHEAST CORNER OF QUADRANGLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shelby(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Germantown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Memphis East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wolf(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Shelby

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TO BE ABANDONED IN 1973

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Fluvial Deposits
    Rock description Fluvial Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.77452, 35.11928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Memphis Stone And Gravel Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 269, Germantown, Tn. 38138, 7474 Raleigh-Lagrange Road
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Pierce
    Home office 2631 Jackson Avenue Memphis, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING AND WASHING . BUILDING AND PAVING SAND.

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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