Dr Hand Pit

Past Producer in Adams county in Mississippi, 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. 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 10183671
MAS/MILS ID 0280010005
Record type Site
Current site name Dr Hand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -91.37982, 31.518 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natchez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Natchez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Natchez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coles Creek(hydrologic unit)

Big Black-Homochitto(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Big Black(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Washington 006 N 003 W 03 SE Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Pascagoula and Hattiesburg formation

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 Unknown
    Owner St. Catherine Gravel Co., Inc.
    ID 2200474
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTING 11/23/79.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) 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 06/27/1979
MSHA mine ID2200474
Mine name (MSHA)Dr Hand Pit
Current operatorSt Catherine Gravel Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Junkin George M
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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