Columbus Mine

Past Producer in Lowndes county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Clay
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 10243713
MAS/MILS ID 0280870010
Record type Site
Current site name Columbus Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.35474, 33.58455 (WGS84)
Elevation 73
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lowndes(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Point(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Luxapallila(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Lowndes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.35474, 33.58455

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 Columbus Brick Co.
    ID 2200019

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-23-79.

  • Deposit

    CMS & RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0280879001

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 ID2200019
Mine name (MSHA)Columbus Plant
Current operatorColumbus Brick Company
Current controller (parent)Allen Puckett III
Mine typeFacility (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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