Pit No.1

Producer in White county in Tennessee, 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 10227261
MAS/MILS ID 0471850005
Record type Site
Current site name Pit No.1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.42355, 35.98899 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee White

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.42355, 35.98899

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sparta Sand Co.
    ID 4002737
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 9-23-81

  • Deposit

    ASSOCIATED MILL SEQ. #0471859002

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-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 06/01/1985
MSHA mine ID4002737
Mine name (MSHA)Sparta Plant And Pit No 1
Current operatorSparta Sand 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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