Griffith Pit & Plant

Producer in Craighead county in Arkansas, 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283940
MAS/MILS ID 0050310014
Record type Site
Current site name Griffith Pit & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -90.69181, 35.90839 (WGS84)
Elevation 130
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Craighead(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jonesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Memphis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Craighead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 015 N 004 E 29 NWNWNW Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -90.69181, 35.90839

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 Operator
    Owner North Side Sand And Gravel
    ID 301287
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HWY 49 SO OFF 63 1 1/2 MI RT ON GRVL RD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-DEC-1983 Long 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 08/23/1980
MSHA mine ID0301287
Mine name (MSHA)Northside Gravel Pit
Current operatorNorthside Sand & Gravel
Current controller (parent)Griffith Brooks
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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