Fort Smith Pit

Past Producer in Sebastian county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10162957
MAS/MILS ID 0051310005
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Smith Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -94.38832, 35.3615 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sebastian(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Fort Smith(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Smith(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Smith(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Robert S. Kerr Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Robert S. Kerr Reservoir(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Sebastian

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 008 N 032 W 22 NESW Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -94.38832, 35.3615

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Acme Brick Co.
    ID 300133
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTLESVILLE FILE,1954

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Long U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/21/2018
MSHA mine ID0300133
Mine name (MSHA)Fort Smith Pit
Current operatorAcme Brick Company
Current controller (parent)Berkshire Hathaway Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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