Puryear Mine

Producer in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Silica
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 10257062
MAS/MILS ID 0470790152
Record type Site
Current site name Puryear Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.35004, 36.44589 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Puryear(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obion(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.35004, 36.44589

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Murray Silica Sand, Inc.
    ID 4002606
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT MARCH 11, 1981.

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 06/23/1986
MSHA mine ID4002606
Mine name (MSHA)Puryear Tennessee Mine
Current operatorMurray Silica Sand Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Taylor Tommye
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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