Dudley Anderson Pit

Producer in Shelby county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025661
MRDS ID K001575
Record type Site
Current site name Dudley Anderson Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.96453, 35.00178 (WGS84)
Elevation 105
Relative position 2853 EAST HOLMES ROAD, (2065 FT. EAST OF SWINNEA RD.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shelby(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southeast Memphis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Memphis East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Horn Lake-Nonconnah(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

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) -89.96453, 35.00178

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Al Cosby Construction Co.
    Home office 865 E. Bodley P. O. Box 16426, Memphis, Tn. 38116
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dudley Anderson
    Home office 2853 E. Holmes Road, Memphis, Tn. 38116

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - UNKNOWN; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - NONE

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.