Franklin County Operations

Past Producer in Franklin 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 10195347
MAS/MILS ID 0280370001
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin County Operations

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -91.14952, 31.5321 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cranfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Natchez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Natchez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Homochitto(hydrologic unit)

Big Black-Homochitto(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Big Black(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bienville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Franklin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Washington 007 N 001 E Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -91.14952, 31.5321

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 Dale Polk And Son, Inc.
    ID 2200483
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTING 11/23/79.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION BY MSHA.

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 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID2200483
Mine name (MSHA)Franklin County Operation
Current operatorDale Polk & Son Inc
Current controller (parent)Polk Dale & Son 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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