Payton & Wren Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192046
MAS/MILS ID 0132450019
Record type Site
Current site name Payton & Wren Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.13925, 33.37795 (WGS84)
Elevation 79
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richmond(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grovetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thomson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fort Gordon(Army Base)

Army Base ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Richmond

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.13925, 33.37795

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 Operator
    Owner Payton And Wren Co
    ID 900386
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION FROM MSHA

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    INACTIVE AS OF 5/81--MSHA LIST 1981

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 08/28/1980
MSHA mine ID0900386
Mine name (MSHA)Richmond County
Current operatorPayton & Wren Company
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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