Guy and Sturgiss Pit

Past Producer in Obion 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075996
MRDS ID W022849
Record type Site
Current site name Guy and Sturgiss Pit
Related records 10178631

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.24007, 36.30565 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Obion(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Obion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obion(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Obion

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Loess

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001542.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY HARRY GUY AND JIMMIE STURGISS AND IS OPERATED

  • Deposit

    BY OBION COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

  • Deposit

    MARBLE IS QUARRIED FROM THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN HOLSTON FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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