Pope Wash Pit

Producer in Panola 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. 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 10219394
MAS/MILS ID 0281070024
Record type Site
Current site name Pope Wash Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -89.90838, 34.22653 (WGS84)
Elevation 75
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Panola(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Courtland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oxford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yocona(hydrologic unit)

Yazoo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Yazoo(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Panola

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -89.90838, 34.22653

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 C. And F Contracting Co., Inc.
    ID 2200525
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 9/29/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0281079004

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 03/05/1985
MSHA mine ID2200525
Mine name (MSHA)Pope Wash Plant & Pit
Current operatorC & F Contracting Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Cook William G Jr
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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