Indianola Mine

Past Producer in Sunflower county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10194780
MAS/MILS ID 0281330001
Record type Site
Current site name Indianola Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.67371, 33.44875 (WGS84)
Elevation 37
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indianola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indianola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenwood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sunflower(hydrologic unit)

Yazoo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Yazoo(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Sunflower

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Choctaw 019 N 005 W 36 SWSWNE Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.67371, 33.44875

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 Delta Brick And Tile Co.
    ID 2200022
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTOR

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 2-4-81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    CMS/RCF LISTS 10-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID2200022
Mine name (MSHA)Indianola Mine
Current operatorDelta Brick & Tile Company 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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