Allen Pit

Producer in Lowndes 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 10192208
MAS/MILS ID 0131850002
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Pit
Alternate or previous names Scruggs Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.45459, 31.00131 (WGS84)
Elevation 46

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lowndes(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cecil(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moultrie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waycross(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little(hydrologic unit)

Suwannee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Suwannee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Lowndes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.45459, 31.00131

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Scruggs Sand Co.
    ID 900287

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    CMS LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    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 12/04/2008
MSHA mine ID0900287
Mine name (MSHA)DEESE MINE
Current operatorThe Scruggs Company
Current controller (parent)Construction Partners 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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