Epes Lime Pit

Producer in Sumter county in Alabama, United States with commodity Calcium
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 10282204
MAS/MILS ID 0011190005
Record type Site
Current site name Epes Lime Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.11673, 32.69347 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sumter(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Epes East(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 Sumter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) Alluvial, coastal and low terrace deposits

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 Epes Lime Co.
    ID 102353
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 10-7-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-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 10/01/1998
MSHA mine ID0102353
Mine name (MSHA)EPES LIME PIT
Current operatorEpes Lime Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Boyd C A
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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External references