Thetford Pit

Producer in Greene county in Alabama, 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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257433
MAS/MILS ID 0010630006
Record type Site
Current site name Thetford Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.02643, 32.75597 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boligee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

De Kalb(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Meridian(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.02643, 32.75597

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ashland Warren, Inc.
    ID 101753
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS BOLIGEE, AL.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 8/13/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-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 08/31/1982
MSHA mine ID0101753
Mine name (MSHA)Thetford Pit
Current operatorApac Alabama Inc
Current controller (parent)Ashland 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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